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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
TopicIndian music

Topic: Indian music

‘Abide With Me’ dropped from Beating Retreat ceremony, ‘Aye Mere Watan Ke Logon’ to replace it

Iconic hymn, said to be a favourite of Mahatma Gandhi, has been played to conclude Beating Retreat ceremony since 1950. Decision taken for ‘all tunes in line-up to be Indian’.

Now, it’s atmanirbhar music. Play Indian music on planes, in airports, says govt advisory

The aviation ministry has advised airlines in India to play Indian music on flights as well as at airports in the country after ICCR called for this change.

India ranks 20th for global music influence, 6th for uniqueness in study spanning 30 nations

The Global Influential Music Index ranked US, UK, France, Germany & Canada as the top 5 musically influential countries worldwide. India was among the 3 Asian countries to feature in the list.

Mile Sur Mera Tumhara, an advertisement for unity in diversity and India’s unofficial anthem

The six-minute song was sung in Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.

SPB, the untrained maestro whose voice suited every actor from Rajinikanth to Salman Khan

SP Balasubrahmanyam, who sang more than 40,000 songs in Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada & other languages, and was just as versatile an actor, died Friday.

Umrao Jaan’s captivating music is a lasting testament to Khayyam’s musical genius

Khayyam masterfully blended ghazals, shayaris and classical Hindustani music to create melodies that made the story of Umrao Jaan.

Ustad Bismillah Khan, a Muslim who reveled in the sound of shehnai in Varanasi

Ustad Bismillah Khan elevated the status of the shehnai, a wind instrument, in Indian classical music and took it to a global audience.

Ustad Alla Rakha, whom the world hailed as ‘Einstein’ & ‘Picasso’ of the tabla

Tabla maestro Ustad Alla Rakha was one of the key figures who took Indian classical music to the West, and was also father and teacher to Ustad Zakir Hussain.

Dilip Kumar Roy, the Cambridge-educated elite who added melody to India’s freedom movement

On the musicologist’s 39th death anniversary, ThePrint takes a look at his rich musical legacy.

Seven years after his death, seven songs that keep Jagjit Singh alive for fans

Jagjit Singh, the ghazal colossus, is credited with bringing the art form to the wider public with his soulful voice.

On Camera

India’s think tanks double up as lobbyists, give no disclosures. Hurt policymaking

Many 'independent' reports, intended to shape policies, are sponsored by industry groups or entities with deep pockets and vested interests. This process must become transparent.

India may cancel green projects struggling to find clients

While the move could free up grid capacity struggling to keep up with rapid renewable rollout, it would be a major setback for green ambitions. India aims to double clean power capacity to 500 gigawatts by the end of the decade.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.