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Thursday, September 4, 2025
TopicFolk music

Topic: folk music

‘Hum Honge Kamyab’ to cowboy songs—how Pete Seeger took American folk music across borders

At a music-filled evening in Delhi, Tony Seeger, nephew of legendary American folk singer Pete Seeger, traced how archives, cowboy songs, and a banjo revived a fading musical tradition.

Global Times editorial on India-China ties says both must watch out for countries with ‘malicious intent’

Other global media reports discuss Zelenskyy signalling he is open to New Delhi leading peace talks, a folk music festival in shadow of Rajasthan's Mehrangarh Fort & instant delivery.

Pakistanis think Coke Studio Season 15 is pathetic, succumbed to clichéd musical choices

A majority of social media users and two national newspapers have given ‘Coke Studio 15’ a thumbs down. The verdict is clear—only a few are loving it there.

Folk hit ‘Ma Lo Ma’ takes Bangla global—‘Like Diljit Dosanjh did for Punjabi music’

The song ‘Ma Lo Ma’ from Season 3 of Coke Studio Bangla has racked up 36 million YouTube views and a flurry of dance covers & reaction videos, from Norway to US and South Africa.

Hir, homeland, and husband—A Punjabi woman’s longing for folk songs in California

In ‘Punjabi Centuries: Tracing Histories of Punjab’, edited by Anshu Malhotra, Nicole Ranganath recounts how diasporic Punjabi women used folk songs to express their loneliness in California.

Hip-hop did not drown out Punjab’s Nightingale Surinder Kaur and her love songs

Growing up in a conservative community, her neighbours were scandalised. Kaur had to shut the doors, windows and even the ventilators whenever she trained.

Tripura’s first girl band is breaking barriers—A broken guitar to India’s Got Talent

Amar Ghosh gave the lyrics and composed a song for the 10-member band for which they also won a state-level competition.

On Camera

Counter-insurgency is Indian military’s reality. Op Sindoor was brief flash in combat spectrum

The Chief of Defence Staff was spot on when he declared war fighting as ‘military’s bread and butter.’

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

HAL team to visit US this month for talks on joint production of GE 414 engines

The engines are meant for Tejas Mk 2 and the first tranche of Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA).

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.