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TopicBollywood lyricist

Topic: Bollywood lyricist

Jailed for anti-Nehru poem & celebrated for Bollywood songs, Majrooh Sultanpuri had it all

Madhavi Pothukuchi -
He may have written the most memorable Bollywood songs, but Majrooh Sultanpuri was a revolutionary poet first.

On Javed Akhtar’s 74th birthday, a pick of 10 songs that best define the lyricist

Deeksha Bhardwaj -
In his 30-year long career as a lyricist, Javed Akhtar has delivered several memorable songs. ThePrint selects 10 to celebrate him.

As India mourns legendary Neeraj, is the era of poetry over in Bollywood music?

ThePrint Team -
Experts weigh in on the art of poetry in Bollywood songs
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Opinion

SIR drive isn’t NRC-CAA—it can exclude millions of genuine voters, not just Muslims

Amana Begam -
India is a country where access to documents and digital systems is still uneven. Election Commission's SIR must not turn into a hostile exercise.

Moderate Democrat victories signal a bigger shift than Mamdani. The party is bouncing back

As Gaza peace plan takes shape, does India have a role?

Economy

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

+TFP Debdutta Chakraborty -
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

Defence

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

Keshav Padmanabhan -
At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

National Interest

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

Shekhar Gupta -
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.

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