Protest Music
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Annihilation of Caste: Kalahandi rapper Dule Rocker plans album ‘to take forward Ambedkar’s legacy’
The part-time construction worker jumped into the limelight with his stinging rhymes about the migrant crisis.
Akanksha Mishra
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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
Trending
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Watch: How a San Francisco traffic barricade became a place of worship for Hindus in the 1990s
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From Babri to Gyanvapi, how India’s courts have helped escalate Hindutva claims on mosques
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Photos of Taj Mahal underground cells released by Archaeological Survey amid row about ‘Hindu idols’
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Four strange symptoms of Covid-19 you might not have heard about
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Caught on camera: People flee for cover during landslide near Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh
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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
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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
Video
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Watch: US student goes into labour on graduation day, university head brings ceremony to hospital
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Watch: The moment when a humpback whale landed on a tourist boat, injuring passengers on board
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Watch: Paediatric dental clinic support dog comforts children in Ecuador
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‘My biggest strength is my love’: Muslim man’s house, shops razed after marriage to Hindu woman
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Watch: Bengaluru torrential rains on Tuesday leave two dead
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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
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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
The Reel
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Fatima Sana Shaikh: ‘Films have helped me cross an emotional barrier’
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‘Spiderhead’ trailer: Chris Hemsworth watches over prisoners controlled by mind-altering drugs
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Watch: ‘Nikamma’ stars Abhimanyu Dassani, Shirley Setia and Shilpa Shetty
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How Ashok Kumar learned to ‘open his heart through his eyes’
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Watch: In ‘777 Charlie’, meet Rakshit Shetty’s Dharma and his four-legged saviour
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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
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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
The Field
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Badminton, Thailand Open Super 500: Sindhu, Srikanth, Bansod progress; Prannoy, Nehwal bow out
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Women’s Boxing World C’ships: Nikhat Zareen to fight for gold, Manisha and Parveen win bronze
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Hockey: With Asian Games postponed, AHF chief says backup plan in place for Paris Olympics quota
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IPL 2022 playoff qualification scenarios: Do RCB , KKR still have a chance? Can RR or LSG miss out?
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Cricket: Broad, Anderson return to England squad for NZ Tests; Mott named new white-ball coach