Explained: ‘Tibbeyan da putt’ and the Moosewala connection.
Tributes to slain Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala refer to him as 'Tibbeyan da Putt'. What is the significance of the expression? And why is it a reference In the tributes pouring in for the Punjabi singer-politician Shubhdeep Singh alias Sidhu Moosewala (28) from across the world, after his cold-blood murder on May 29 shook Punjab, he is being widely called ‘Tibbeyan da Putt’. The expression now being used for the slain singer, however, has a deeper significance and connection with the geography, literature and music of Punjab – and is a symbol of struggle that people from these areas went through. The Indian Express explains: his humble beginnings?