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Brahma Prakash

What do the indignities of Covid-19 deaths in India say about the larger attitude of the state?

An excerpt from ‘Body on the Barricades: Life, Art, and Resistance in Contemporary India’, by Brahma Prakash.

Brahma Prakash
· May 22, 2023 · 08:30 am
Opinion: To truly democratise Indian art and culture, the ‘classical’ must be declared dead

Much of what is said about classical dance and music today has been constructed on the erasure of aesthetic and cultural practices of local communities.

Brahma Prakash
· Mar 19, 2023 · 09:00 am
Why the toxic beats of ‘Disc Jockey Hindutva’ are so dangerous for India

By taking a leaf out of the fascist playbook, hate music is successfully communalising common sense and culture.

Brahma Prakash
· Apr 25, 2022 · 06:30 am

The power of mourning: Why the authorities did not allow the Hathras woman a dignified funeral

They know that true love and true mourning have the capacity to produce the conditions for a transformative politics.

Brahma Prakash
· Oct 09, 2020 · 06:30 am