In music videos, he violently subjugated imaginary enemies and doppelgangers of his contemporary artistes. The thrill of violence, the chase, and a global beat of hip-hop masked his hyperlocal poetry devoid of aesthetic quality
They certainly lack the ability to understand that a lawful and peaceful life is far more adventurous and profitable than the life of a gangster
Unlike the rich Punjabi pop stars of largely upper caste Jatt identity, Bant is now struggling with diabetes, dwindling vision and financial distress.
In the end, Sidhu Moosewala fell victim to the characters he imagined and extolled through his music
In Punjab’s popular music, the rap is more about celebration of dominance, not of protest
Who is to blame for the sexist Punjabi music scene today, a far cry from defiant women protagonists in golden kissas/love legends?
The trend of prominent singers lending their voices to pressing political issues of the state has only intensified after the farm agitation.
With two new parties sweeping polls on development planks instead of demand for statehood, older forces are having it tough
As the poet and the director of the film 'Kaali' (2022) Leena Manimekalai pens down the binary being of the supreme, her words render a voice, 'a wounded bird/ a castoff deity.' She warns, 'She’s coming for you too'
Before she sits down on a bench at night and shares a cigarette with two men of African descent, the woman dressed as a goddess had been loitering around in Toronto’s downtown for quite some time.
They certainly lack the ability to understand that a lawful and peaceful life is far more adventurous and profitable than the life of a gangster
Unlike the rich Punjabi pop stars of largely upper caste Jatt identity, Bant is now struggling with diabetes, dwindling vision and financial distress.
In the end, Sidhu Moosewala fell victim to the characters he imagined and extolled through his music
In Punjab’s popular music, the rap is more about celebration of dominance, not of protest
Who is to blame for the sexist Punjabi music scene today, a far cry from defiant women protagonists in golden kissas/love legends?
The trend of prominent singers lending their voices to pressing political issues of the state has only intensified after the farm agitation.
With two new parties sweeping polls on development planks instead of demand for statehood, older forces are having it tough
As the poet and the director of the film 'Kaali' (2022) Leena Manimekalai pens down the binary being of the supreme, her words render a voice, 'a wounded bird/ a castoff deity.' She warns, 'She’s coming for you too'
Before she sits down on a bench at night and shares a cigarette with two men of African descent, the woman dressed as a goddess had been loitering around in Toronto’s downtown for quite some time.
Director Kaushal Oza delivers a poignant tale of a visually challenged artist, his family and their quiet defiance in a communal setting
The City of Lakes is bristling with anger. Communal faultlines buried deep in the past have cracked open in Udaipur after the killing of Kanhaiya Lal.
Goa’s reputation as a hard partying destination is matched only by party-hopping of its politicians
The ability to visibilise the invisible, be politically incorrect, and publish books that swim against the stream is what maverick publisher Naveen Kishore, and by extension his Seagull Books, have always represented
"Every verse of Sidhu Moosewala's songs carried a meaning. He has left behind a legacy that will perhaps remain unmatched," writes Kittu Singh, a politician and solo traveller
