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TopicHaryanvi singers

Topic: Haryanvi singers

Lathis replacing guns in Haryana music videos. Crackdown is bringing tamer lyrics now

Haryana police have taken down at least 18 songs from the YouTube channels of popular singers for promoting violence. Singers are now changing lyrics and second-guessing what they can release.

Who is Masoom Sharma, singer at the centre of Haryana govt’s crackdown on songs promoting gun culture

Several Haryanvi singers have rallied behind the Haryanvi singer, questioning why his songs were taken down while others with similar themes have been spared.

How Haryanvi songs turns the tables-ghoonghat is sexualised, male gaze the muse

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Haryanvi songs are moving from vulgarity to veil — ghoonghat is sexualised, male gaze the muse

Songs such as 52 Gaj ka Daman and Chatak Matak are gaining popularity in Haryana. Singers have no option but to give in to the disturbing trend.

Acclaimed Haryanvi producer Inderjeet Singh Rao’s latest song ‘BIRTHDAY’ released on Gem Tunes

The new tune can only be a booster to Gem Tunes' already remarkable popularity. The song's melody has moved thousands of users on social media.

‘Kisan vs Delhi’ is ‘rebellion & revolution’ for Punjab and Haryana’s singers

Dozens of Punjabi and Haryanvi songs have flooded the internet over the last few days and weeks, with lyrics full of revolution and rebellion.

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Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.