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TopicPunjabi music

Topic: Punjabi music

Punjabi Christian pastors are mixing Bible with bhangra. Making Jesus relatable

Punjab pastors are energising Pentecostal Christianity with bhangra beats, flashy videos, and 90s boy-band swagger. People are balle-balleing for Yeshu.

Lahore to Delhi & beyond—musical evening celebrates Punjabiyat through Sufi and folk songs

The spirit of ‘Punjabiyat’—a cultural identity beyond borders, class, and religion—came alive through music at Delhi’s IIC. ‘Punjabis from India and Pakistan, they are the same.’

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.

Jatt hip-hop to Dalit pop – How caste seeped into Punjabi music

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

Punjabi music more about love and lehengas, less about guns. Check out YouTube data

From Gurdas Mann to Guru Randhawa, Punjabi music has come a long way—but guns have never emerged as a top theme.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.