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The different keys of patriotic music

Some stir the soul. Others fall flat. From majestic anthems to rock ballads, they call to us differently depending on our yearnings for our home.

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Spectators waving their flags during the NDP’s grand finale, which featured this year’s theme song Shine Your Light and a medley of past NDP songs.

Singapore may be one of few places to formalise the production, year after year, of songs that celebrate the country and its people.

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SINGAPORE – My daughters, at four and eight, are at the age where everything in life can be the subject of a ranking exercise.

The perennial favourite, of course, is that question: “Who do you love more, me or (insert sister’s name)?”

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