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  • How Egyptian diva Umm Kulthum helped me understand the meaning of ‘tarab’

    How Egyptian diva Umm Kulthum helped me understand the meaning of ‘tarab’

    Dec 27, 2020 · 11:30 am
  • Musings of a Mizo: On Vande Mataram by four-year-old Esther Hnamte and the paradoxes of being Indian

    Musings of a Mizo: On Vande Mataram by four-year-old Esther Hnamte and the paradoxes of being Indian

    Nov 02, 2020 · 06:30 am
  • ‘Democracy gives us the right to ask questions’: Neha Singh Rathore’s Bhojpuri tunes are going viral

    ‘Democracy gives us the right to ask questions’: Neha Singh Rathore’s Bhojpuri tunes are going viral

    Oct 16, 2020 · 11:30 am
  • Punjab: Two singers booked for promoting gun culture through song lyrics

    Punjab: Two singers booked for promoting gun culture through song lyrics

    Feb 02, 2020 · 11:03 am
  • ‘Like Holi with the blood of Hindus and Muslims’: This song about Jallianwala Bagh still resonates

    ‘Like Holi with the blood of Hindus and Muslims’: This song about Jallianwala Bagh still resonates

    Apr 13, 2019 · 07:38 pm
  • From ‘White Christmas’ to ‘Santa Went Crazy’: An activist-lawyer’s list of controversial X’Mas songs

    From ‘White Christmas’ to ‘Santa Went Crazy’: An activist-lawyer’s list of controversial X’Mas songs

    Dec 25, 2018 · 06:30 am
  • Explained: The traditional roots of the viral ‘Manikya Malarayi Poovi’ song

    Explained: The traditional roots of the viral ‘Manikya Malarayi Poovi’ song

    Feb 14, 2018 · 05:08 pm
  • Watch: A Mumbai musical battle about potholes turns sour as Shiv Sena raises the pitch

    Watch: A Mumbai musical battle about potholes turns sour as Shiv Sena raises the pitch

    Jul 19, 2017 · 09:50 pm
  • Why a Welsh choir learnt a Hindi song from the students of a Mumbai municipal school

    Why a Welsh choir learnt a Hindi song from the students of a Mumbai municipal school

    Jan 20, 2017 · 11:30 am
  • Stage production ‘Sounds of the Sufis’ aims to rescue Sufism from Bollywood

    Stage production ‘Sounds of the Sufis’ aims to rescue Sufism from Bollywood

    Sep 25, 2016 · 03:30 pm
  • Eric Clapton's classic Layla gets a subcontinental twist ‒ twice

    Eric Clapton's classic Layla gets a subcontinental twist ‒ twice

    Mar 12, 2015 · 02:33 pm