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

· Nov 08, 2020 · 09:30 pm

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

· Oct 24, 2020 · 07:30 pm

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

· Nov 24, 2017 · 08:45 am

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

· Apr 13, 2016 · 01:00 pm

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

· Feb 09, 2016 · 02:36 pm

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

· Feb 04, 2016 · 08:00 pm

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

· Jan 15, 2016 · 09:30 am

Listen to these political but hummable songs of Gulzar

Manish Gaekwad

· Oct 27, 2015 · 12:16 pm

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

· Aug 06, 2015 · 01:30 pm

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

· Jul 13, 2015 · 05:30 pm

[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

· May 10, 2015 · 07:06 pm

What do the protesting Kolkata students mean by #HokKolorob?

The title of a popular song has become a war cry.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 22, 2014 · 04:33 pm