In Mumbai, some celebrate New Year's Eve with an effigy of the old year. It's just one of many New Years celebrated in India.

In this holiday special, we speak to the acclaimed Indian writer Arundhati Roy on her new memoir, Mother Mary Comes to Me. The book focuses on her mother Mary Roy and how Arundhati was shaped by her, ...

The Bahujan Dravida Party released the first Tamil song honoring Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur, celebrating his fight against ...

Guru Tegh Bahadur," has been released by the Bahujan Dravida Party, honoring the ninth Sikh Guru's martyrdom. The composition ...

“Sum sum sum sum sumbhavichallo, sumbhavichallo; Bethlehem goshalaya athu sumbhavichallo,”the carolers belted out with gusto.

Legendary gospel composer Richard Smallwood has died at 77. His music was covered by Whitney Houston and Destiny's Child.

His hit song ‘Total Praise’ was included in the group Destiny’s Child’s  a capella “Gospel Medley,” performed by a cantor at ...

Palani Digambaram is not a politician known for grandstanding or abstract theorizing. As Deputy Leader of the Tamil ...

Plus, CeCe Winans and Lauren Daigle lead among women. By Russ Penuell A handful of artists set the pace across Billboard’s Christian charts, led by Forrest Frank and Brandon Lake, two Texans whose ...

Nearly every pop music holiday song written in the past 80 years owes at least some of its DNA to one Christmas tune in particular: "White Christmas," written by Irving Berlin and sung by Bing Crosby, ...

Since launching in 2000, All Songs Considered has been NPR's flagship program for music discovery, artist interviews and conversations with friends and fellow music lovers about the really big ...

I was saved by God to make America great again,” Donald Trump said, a line that circulated widely during his political ...