Shabd Aur Sangeet: Unravelling Song-Text in India
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Edited by Shubha Mudgal, Aneesh Pradhan and Kunal Ray
This anthology of writing picks up on the long tradition of musicians excerpting lines from narrative verse to explore the connections between literature—oral and written—and music, in, among others, the musical tradition of the Indian People’s Theatre Association, Marathi Bhim Geet, and protest music by the Indian diaspora in the Caribbean.
Three Essays Collective, 362 pages, Rs 750
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