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Brahma Prakash
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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
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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
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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
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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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Microcontrollers in EVMs, VVPATs do not recognise party and candidate, observes Supreme Court
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What Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024) had to say on violence, secularism, and religion in India
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CAA is a letdown, but Bengali Hindus in Assam are unlikely to ditch BJP
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts