How Bhakti poetry, Sufi courts, and manuscript cultures together shaped Hindi as a written language. A multilingual, material history of vernacular power—read more.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Fleetwood Mac's "Silver Springs" debuts on a pair of Billboard ...

In Ranveer Singh's Dhurandhar, retro melodies don't just return, they resurrect with a vengeance. Old favourites are retooled into thumping, adrenaline-fuelled accomplices to chaos, in a way that they ...

Over five centuries of composite Bhakti culture back the Ramanandi sect that officiates at the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. Reformists like Kabir, Meerabai and Tulsidas were among the greats who shared ...