Punjabi pop hits the jackpot!

Indians buy 20 per cent of the cassettes made in the world and the music industry in India is worth more than Rs 1200 crore. A lion’s share of this huge cake has been cornered by Punjabi pop. Nonika Singh reports on the phenomenal growth of sadda music.

• Quick takes

• Surviving nature’s wrath,
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• The crumbling ‘Kashi’ of Himachal Pradesh,
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• The shape of cars to come,
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• Bagging the limelight,
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• THIS ABOVE ALL: Seamy side of the book business,
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• MAIL BOX: Time for stocktaking
  
  
• NETPICKING,
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• FACT FILE — by Illa Vij
  
  
• STAMP QUIZ — NW
  
  
• ROOTS — by Deepti
  
  
• CROSSWORD — by Karuna Goswamy