BIJNOR: After a four-month lull, the sound of wood being cut into barrel shapes and beats of drum are reverberating again in the streets of Amroha (UP) — India’s dholak manufacturing hub — as 300-odd ...

IndiGo came under fire after a video of passengers singing Ram bhajan went viral. Many questioned the airlines for allowing people to sing during the flight. A video of passengers singing a Ram Bhajan ...

Whenever you play folk songs, a dholak is one of the most important instruments contributing to the complete music. The soulful beats of this instrument can make you fall in love with music instantly ...

The dholak, a cylindrical twin-headed drum, has a ubiquitous presence throughout northern India. It forms an inseparable part of many forms of folk music ensembles and is also used in informal musical ...

A video of Indigo passengers singing a devotional song while playing the dholak onboard a full flight has raised eyebrows on social media. The undated clip emerged on the social media platform X two ...

It’s raining heavily. Jagdish is standing under a tin shed, his clothes partially wet but his dholak completely dry. Jagdish spends his working day walking along the lanes of Gurugram bazaars, singing ...

People dancing to the energetic tunes of the dhol walas is a common sight at Indian weddings. From the Barat to the sangeet and to the mehendi, no wedding ceremony is complete without the guests ...

When divisive forces are busy sowing seeds of distrust, there are also shining examples of people spreading the message of oneness and tolerance. A case in point is the 100-odd Muslim families of the ...

BHOPAL: A 35-year-old man who played dholak in a Bhajan Mandali was brutally murdered over an alleged extra marital affair by two scheduled tribe (ST) men in tribal-dominated Khandwa district of ...