Bollywood's Arijit Singh stunned fans by retiring from playback singing but quickly dropped soulful Shiva bhajan "Oh Shiv ...

Rehmat Khubchandani’s hands are up. She lets out a delighted ‘oohoo’ as she emerges from the crowd. The music is upbeat, with a club-style energy, but the song is a bhajan. Around, some women dance, ...

World Hindi Day is celebrated on January 10th to promote the language and spread awareness about its importance. The first celebration of World Hindi Day took place in 1975, when the then Prime ...

With a mix of historical dramas to action thrillers, and comedies, Hindi films had a great year at the Indian box office. Chhaava dominated the box office by becoming the highest-grossing Bollywood ...

For many, MS Subbulakshmi’s music is a cultural memory, not only in south India but her voice has echoed across the North and around the world. Her songs have been a rite of passage for generations of ...

India observes Hindi Diwas on September 14, every year, a day dedicated to honouring the Hindi language, its cultural heritage, and its unifying role in Indian society. However, Hindi's significance ...

Hindi Diwas is celebrated every year on September 14 in India. The day is celebrated to commemorate the adaptation of Hindi as the official language by the Constituent Assembly on September 14, 1949.

People who speak English in India will "soon feel ashamed," according to a senior government minister from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. But the party's efforts to promote Hindi are facing an ...

States worry that the imposition of Hindi, the main language of northern India, would wipe out their cultural heritage. By Anupreeta Das Reporting from New Delhi In India, the land of more than a ...

LAST MONTH in Bangalore, India’s tech capital, concertgoers heckled a pop star with demands that he sing in Kannada, the local language. He told them off; the police registered a complaint against him ...

The scene at Vaikom Mahadeva temple on March 31 was euphoric — almost like a rock band in action with fans singing along. However, the music wasn’t headbanging stuff but a fluid melody, soul-stirring, ...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has said he will not implement the education policy in his state A war of words has erupted between the chief minister of a southern Indian state and the federal ...