Protest Music
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Why are Nigerian musicians who once championed the cause of masses silent about police brutality?
The country is currently under democratic rule, but it still faces challenges whose roots can be traced to the military era.
Florence Nweke, The Conversation
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Interview: Indian Ocean’s Rahul Ram on how environmental and social issues influenced his music
Ram’s introduction to environment activism started when he spent a few days at Sunderlal Bahuguna’s home.
S Gopikrishna Warrier
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Watch: How music collective The Banned uses satire as a tool of dissent
The outfit composed a parody song about the smog in North India and the state’s apathy, that became viral in November last year.
Shone Satheesh
Trending
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How BJP leaders responded to the Arnab Goswami WhatsApp leaks plus nine more weekend reads
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‘Please don’t follow me now’: Actor Rhea Chakraborty asks paparazzi when spotted in Mumbai
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The Political Fix: What BJP’s rejected offer to suspend farm laws tells us about Modi’s tactics
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The mass radicalisation that India does not acknowledge
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There is not a Virender Sehwag in that current team; India are very, very patient: Graeme Swann
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This catchy Azadi track now comes with a video with cameos by Anupam Kher and Smriti Irani
Will Dub Sharma’s track mixed to Kanhaiya Kumar’s sloganeering will be your new jam? Maybe not, but it’s still fun.
Scroll Staff
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Watch Sheetal Sathe sing for Rohith while her jailed husband and troupe members await trial for being 'Naxalites'
The song points out how the 'Manusmriti' advocated pouring molten iron into the ears of 'lower caste people' who read the Vedas.
Shubhra Dixit
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Pussy Riot's new video renews the attack on dubious governance by mocking its prosecutor for corruption
The Russian feminist punk collective takes on not only corruption, but also the government and the criminal justice system.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Watch: Delhi police installs concrete barricades ahead of farmers’ Republic Day tractor march
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Watch: Thousands of farmers reach Mumbai’s Azad Maidan to protest against the new farm laws
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‘This Land’s Not Your Land’: Indigenous artiste responds to classic American song with own rendition
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Watch: Angry haircut boy Anushrut is back throwing another adorable tantrum during a new haircut
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Watch: Mountaineers sing the national anthem of Nepal as they reach the summit of K2
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And now, the song: 'Coconut tree is no more tree, Goa government has made history'
Singer Friz Love's song is a protest against the decision to make it easy to fell coconut trees in Goa, since it's not a tree anymore.
Scroll Staff
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Listen to these political but hummable songs of Gulzar
Manish Gaekwad
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Why we got rapper Sofia Ashraf to make a video about Hindustan Unilever's Kodaikanal plant
An activist explains the background of the long agitation against the giant firm's controversial thermometer plant in Kodaikanal.
Nityanand Jayaraman
The Reel
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Watch: ‘Godzilla vs Kong’ set for March 26 release
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Book excerpt: When NT Rama Rao became the first Indian chief minister to act in a movie
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Zeb Bangash on the Bollywood cover of ‘Bibi Sanam’: ‘A disservice to the song’s meaning’
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Why Malayalam breakout film ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’ is ‘the story of most Indian women’
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‘Metro Park 2’ trailer: The NRI Patels from New Jersey is back
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Digital Suicide: Making music in Assam amidst militancy and ethnic clashes
A ‘mutton rap’ band that plays ‘protestpop’ against ethnic bigotry, racism, and regional insurgency.
Aditya Varma
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[Video] Prison song: A jailed poet pays tribute to slain rationalist Govind Pansare
Cultural activist Sheetal Sathe of the Kabir Kala Manch sings a tune composed by her imprisoned husband Sachin Mali commemorating people killed in the name of religion.
Scroll Staff
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What do the protesting Kolkata students mean by #HokKolorob?
The title of a popular song has become a war cry.
Scroll Staff
The Field
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Premier League: Chelsea sack head coach Frank Lampard after recent slump in form
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Hockey: Indian women’s team go down to Argentina B in second straight loss on tour
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Cricket: Bouncers against players under 18 years of age should be banned, says concussion specialist
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NBA wrap: Leonard scores 34 as Clippers stretch win streak to seven games
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England in India: Root and Co will get three days to train before first Test in Chennai