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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Growing up in a conservative community, her neighbours were scandalised. Kaur had to shut the doors, windows and even the ventilators whenever she trained.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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