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Wednesday, June 10, 2026
TopicFolk music

Topic: folk music

What is the viral Bangla folk song that got Amsterdam dancing

‘Tomar Ghore Bosot Kore Koy Jona’, a Bangla folk song has travelled to Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum and made tourists dance.

Maharashtra’s folk music inspired Shailesh Srivastava — ‘it has a song for every occasion’

At the Maati ki Boli event, Shailesh Srivastava presented the lyrical soul of Maharashtra’s folk traditions and highlighted the versatility of folk music.

Kuldeep Manak carried Punjab’s folklore in song. He sang of rebellion, resistance, love

Kuldeep Manak's breakthrough came when he revived tales many believed were fading from popular memory. He restored the urgency of folklore.

‘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

Indian Comedy has a gender. Apoorva Mukhija faced threats, Pranit More got off with a sorry

Apoorva Mukhija got rape threats and FIRs for retorting to a comment about her body on India’s Got Latent. Pranit More got a rap on the knuckles for Rs 370 biryani clip. It’s hypocrisy 101.

Linde India’s minority investors cry foul after firm asks SC to stay SEBI action on key valuation report

Long-drawn dispute involves complaints that Linde India had allegedly unfairly hived off a potentially lucrative business to unlisted subsidiary without approval of all shareholders.

Rajnath’s stern message to HAL—stick to your commitment, don’t overpromise

Defence minister helmed a review meeting of HAL projects which was attended by CDS Gen N S Raja Subramani, IAF chief Air Chief Marshal A P Singh, CMD of HAL Ravi Kota and others.

Three destroyers of Brand India. It’s all in our cities

The central curse of our urban governance isn’t that more voters live in these slummified villages. It’s that the political class panders to them instead of improving their quality of life.