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Tuesday, September 9, 2025
TopicFolk performers

Topic: folk performers

Over 11,000 folk artistes dance & regale Assam to two Guinness records

Karishma Hasnat -
Performers set two individual records — one for the ‘Bihuwa & Bihuwati’, or male and female Bihu performers in traditional attire, and the other for ‘Dhuliyas’, Assamese men playing folk instruments.

A Kumaoni Dalit is singing Qawwali in Delhi, won’t let folk music trap him in his caste now

+TFP Unnati Sharma -
Folk music just wasn’t cutting it anymore for Sarvjeet Tamta, a Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan fan who left home 10 years ago at the age of 16. He hasn't looked back since.

Gayak-ji – The unsung stars of UP elections who perform before star campaigners show up

Badri Narayan -
Uttar Pradesh has always seen local folk singers warm up the stage during election campaigns. They have sung for all parties -- Akhilesh, Modi and even Nehru.

Meet Kanaka Raju, 80, Padma Shri awardee who has kept tribal folk dance Gussadi alive

Rishika Sadam -
A veteran practitioner of the folk dance Gussadi, Kanaka Raju emphasises the need for financial support to save the tradition from dying out

Mamta Sharma murder a grim reminder that Haryana’s raginis are targets of crime

Chitleen K Sethi -
Sharma’s murder is not the first crime against female folk performers in the state. Internet fame has just made things worse.

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Opinion

Umar Khalid is not an exception. The leopards will eat your face too

Karanjeet Kaur -
India is hardly alone in this. Across the world, those who cheer authoritarian overreach discover that the bulldozer eventually comes for them, too.

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Economy

What happens to Haryana real estate agents now? Govt agency HSVP to act as broker, take commissions

Sushil Manav -
Gurugram: Stirring a storm in Haryana's real estate circles, the Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP)—the state's urban development agency—has taken on the role of...

Defence

Modi to address military brass next week; theaterisation & Op Sindoor on agenda for Kolkata conference

Javaria Rana -
The Combined Commanders’ Conference (CCC) in Kolkata is also likely to see deliberations on the proposed 'Sudarshan Chakra' missile defence system.

National Interest

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

Shekhar Gupta -
In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?

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