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H-pop

H-pop noun: hindutva pop music; Indian nationalist pop music.

Noun

H-pop (uncountable)

  1. Hindutva pop music; Indian nationalist pop music.
    • On another occasion, H-pop singer Kanhiya Mittal sang a duet with a BJP lawmaker whose lyrics read “the saffron is getting deeper”, a reference to the colour of Hinduism and the BJP's own party colours, […]2024 May 4, John Reed, “How to interpret India?”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9

Origin of H-pop

From H (“Hindutva”) + pop, by analogy with J-pop.

Questions about H-pop

What does H-pop mean?
H-pop means hindutva pop music; Indian nationalist pop music.
What part of speech is H-pop?
H-pop is a noun.

Words near H-pop in the dictionary

  1. H-hours
  2. h-index
  3. H-O-R-S-E
  4. H-piece
  5. H-pieces
  6. H-pop
  7. h-prothesis
  8. H-R diagram
  9. H-R diagrams
  10. H-S chart
  11. H-S charts

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