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Tuesday, October 1, 2024
TopicPunjabi songs

Topic: Punjabi songs

Singers like Shubh milk Khalistan issue for money, attention. They’re out of touch with reality

This new lot of singers, riding the highs of popularity and notoriety, also sing about cars, guns and girls because that’s where the money truly lies.

‘Ajkal kudiyan ne bimar’— Punjabi singer Simiran Kaur gets millions of views by shaming women

Simiran Kaur Dhadli puts down women for how they dress and for ‘fake’ cases against men in her new song ‘Lahu Di Awaaz’. It’s not music to the ears.

Sidhu Moose Wala releases song on Punjab ‘super-spreader’, gives call for social distancing

Sidhu Moose Wala’s song is based on how Punjab’s first Covid-19 patient, now deceased, went around the state despite being asked to quarantine.

Get guns & gangsters out of your songs or go to jail: Punjab gets harsh with its singers

State culture commission will be empowered to rein in erring singers, lyricists as police say such songs are pushing youth into violence.

On Camera

After a brief surge, private investment & hiring has again turned cautious. Focus is on cutting debt

Financial year 2022-23 saw private investments & hiring surge, but since then firms are using cash to reduce debt. General elections didn’t help matters, either.

Indian envoy in Oman dons Army combat print for photo ops, sparks controversy

Ambassador Amit Narang wore combat uniform at closing ceremony of India-Oman joint military exercise. Only serving personnel can wear service uniforms, say veterans.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?