With no musical accompaniment whatsoever, Susan Boyle's voice approaches heaven-like reverence on her cover of the hymn "Abide with Me." While fans love her takes on contemporary hits, one of Boyle's ...

The opening of the hymn is based on Luke 24:29, “Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent”, while the penultimate verse draws on 1 Corinthians 15:55, “O death, where is thy ...

With “Abide with me” being restored for the Beating the Retreat ceremony at Rajpath, it’s worth noting that the hymn is not confined to religious belief, but is universal in its humanistic appeal.

A file photo of marching bands from the Indian armed forces performing during the Beating Retreat ceremony at Vijay Chowk. “The tune has been dropped this year,” an unidentified defence ministry ...