Music
Screen Southasia: Q&A session with the filmmaker Kesang Tseten
A conversation with the filmmaker Kesang Tseten, director of 'Hami Kunako Manche' (We Corner People)
The Editors | Apr 12, 2023
‘My pen doesn’t stop’
Meet the female rappers who are changing the rap music scene in India-administered Kashmir.
Sajad Hameed | Dec 27, 2022
Queer notes on Begum Akhtar
Caste, sexuality and tawaif subcultures in postcolonial India.
Lucky Issar | Nov 25, 2022
Mallikas of yesteryear
The forgotten histories of Pakistan’s music queens.
Wajiha Ather Naqvi | Jun 18, 2021
Himalayan melodies and heavy metal
Rocking generations of the Nepali diaspora in Britain.
Premila van Ommen | Dec 16, 2014
In search of a different truth
The Bauls of Bengal tread the line between cultural preservation and modernity.
Maitreyee B Chowdhury | Dec 11, 2014
Chasing a legend
Reconstructing the life of flamboyant 19th-century singer Gauhar Jaan involved an immersion in her loves, her passions, her demons and her music.
Vikram Sampath | Jan 14, 2014
In defense of the song sequence
The song and dance sequence in Bollywood cinema is often dismissed as a frivolous filler, but there is substance to it
Jai Arjun Singh | Sep 15, 2013
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