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Tuesday, February 3, 2026
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Why Spotify Wrapped is genius marketing—it’s connected to fundamental human needs

Spotify Wrapped works because it nails the balance between competing human needs—the desire to belong and the desire to stand out.

Are Tamil films lazy or nostalgic? Retro hits from Kaithi to GBU wearing thin

Old hits have long featured in Tamil films, usually to evoke a certain era. But in the last four or five years, these blasts from the past often arrive without rhyme or reason.

Singer Mubarak Begum went from poverty to Bollywood & Lollywood. Then her ‘wings were cut’

‘Kabhi Tanhaiyon Mein’ singer Mubarak Begum, who died on 18 July 2016, worked with some of the biggest names in Bollywood in the 1950s & 60s. But her career took a nosedive.

‘Kacha Badam’ singer Bhuban Badyakar sings at Kolkata pub in new rockstar avatar

Wearing a glitzy jacket, Badyakar was seen performing live in Kolkata's Someplace Else pub in Park Street last week.

Don’t be surprised that Trump supporters sang Bob Marley songs at US Capitol

Trump supporters sang Bob Marley classics ‘Three Little Birds’ and ‘One Love’ outside the US Capitol.

Modi era has birthed its own Azadi songs — ‘Bella Ciao, Wapas Jao’ to ‘Kaagaz Nahi Dikhayenge’

With a protest every winter, Varun Grover’s poem and Poojan Sahil’s song have become this generation’s Faiz poem ‘Hum Dekhenge’.

Bob Dylan to sell his entire song catalog to Universal as he cashes in on boom in music rights

Encompassing 600 works, including classics like 'Blowin in the wind' & 'The Times They Are a-Changin', Dylan’s songs are worth more than $200 million.

‘This song is sung by Lata Mangeshkar’: How the singer had to fight for song credit

In a conversation with Nasreen Munni Kabir that led to a book, Lata Mangeshkar had talked about fighting for credit for Bollywood’s playback singers and songwriters.

Why a typical Bollywood hero is Gandhian on the streets, but sings lustfully in the sheets

In every Bollywood film, songs express the desires that the heroes sacrifice or reject in the actual story.

Songs, slogans & hashtags — the quick, cheap way Haryana & Punjab are pepping up polls

Major parties in both states launch songs & slogans to capture voter attention, with JJP's Dushyant Chautala and INLD showing the way.

On Camera

Floundering PM Internship Scheme has seen 44% drop out since 2024 launch. Budget deals drastic blow

Only 21 percent of interns complete programme as Centre slashes budget by over 50% after poor joining and high attrition.

CDS Gen Chauhan in Armenia, focus on deeper defence ties including new deals

Armenia has procured significant defence equipment from India, including artillery guns, multi-barrel rocket launchers, air defence system, sniper rifles, weapons locating radars, anti-drone weapons.

Swiss report should now close Op Sindoor debate. Knowing when to stop the fight is key too

The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.