Eminent Assamese singer Vitali Das passed away on Wednesday evening. She succumbed to COVID-19 at the Kalapahar COVID-19 hospital in Guwahati
Asha Bhosle: A Shared Legacy Across Borders
Asha leaves behind a legacy that is as much ours as it is India’s. The phrase “Nightingale of Asia” was coined for Lata, In Pakistan, we always had a prefix for Asha: “Hamari Nightingale.” Our nightingale. In her passing, Pakistan has lost a friend, a teacher, and a voice that made the world feel a little less divided.
End of an Era in Playback Singing in Indian Cinema
The global music industry, where millions of songs are sung, and billions are spent and earned, is a larger story. But the duo’s role as singers remains iconic in India, and perhaps South Asia, where numerous others have come, stayed to make music, and gone.
How Korean Noodle Brands Captured the Indian Market
The Korean noodle story is not really about noodles. It is about what happens when cultural influence travels faster than commercial infrastructure and faster than regulatory awareness. India's Gen Z - and possibly that of other South Asian countries - did not wait for brands to tell them what to eat. They watched K-dramas, did spice challenges, and built market demand that brands, regulators, and consumer education campaigns have simply not kept up with.
Sufi, Spirit and Resistance: A Layered Work Grounded in South Asian Storytelling Traditions
The Sufi Storyteller speaks to a wider South Asian moment, where Sufi traditions are increasingly invoked as counterpoints to narrowing religious and cultural orthodoxies. By foregrounding storytelling as both a spiritual and political act, Mansab gestures toward the enduring power of narrative to sustain pluralism, recover marginalized voices, and imagine more expansive forms of belonging.
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