This article discusses the tradition of Indian carols in celebrating Christmas in India. It mentions the Punjabi communities' Christmas tappe, which are folk songs sung in the tappe-boliyan style. The ...

Our vernacular oral and literary traditions are at risk of being lost to a homogenised,global tongue.We can save these treasures yet,says Manjul Bajaj. In earlier times,when people migrated across ...

Punjabi folk songs in all their myriad hues, be it tappe, mahiya, boliyan or tappe, huddle together in one book, to weave their collective magic. Listen to this feature in Punjabi by clicking the ...