Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Ayodhya to hoist the specially crafted "Dharma Dhwaj" atop the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple. This significant event, scheduled for Vivah Panchami during the ...

Here are the 51 best rock and metal albums of 2025. We're officially more than halfway through the decade. It's already produced its own crop of new ascending stars and quite a handful of veterans who ...

Vadodara-based comedian, actor, and writer Om Bhatt recently concluded a successful world tour with The Lavari Show, a testament to its honest and unscripted comedy. Bhatt, who transitioned from ...

With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming ...

This is not just any banner. The sacred flag, around ten feet tall and twenty feet long, is triangular in shape, made of fabric that reflects both simplicity and solemnity. Emblazoned on its saffron ...

Earlier this year, my colleague and bud Kelefa Sanneh suggested that music critics, as a lot, have gone soft—becoming submissive, overly agreeable, and, in some cases, nearly servile. He’s right, of ...

Americans have been told to prioritize low-fat dairy for decades, but Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has called that recommendation into question. By Caroline Hopkins Legaspi Since the 1980s, federal health ...

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This post was updated Nov. 19 at 3:35 p.m. Summer Walker is closing a chapter of her career with another confessional album. The R&B singer-songwriter’s third LP, “Finally Over It,” released Nov. 14, ...

Packaged with live recordings and studio rarities, the Mats’ 1984 masterpiece gets a thoughtful new box set that illustrates the precarity and magic of their unlikely breakthrough. These are coming-of ...

We love those classic Christmas recordings. And we cherish the chance to hear Nat King Cole, Johnny Mathis, Barbra Streisand, the Beach Boys, Darlene Love and other greats sing these standards each ...