symposium participants

• THE PROBLEM
  Posed by Rita Kothari, Professor of English, Ashoka University, Sonipat

• SINGING INDIA
  Dilip M. Menon, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

• MEMORIES OF DESPAIR, SONGS OF LOVE
  Abir Bazaz, Assistant Professor of English, Ashoka University, Sonipat

• THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES?
  Santosh Desai, columnist and brand consultant, Future Brands, Delhi

• MAPPING INDIA WITH FILM SONGS
  Sidharth Bhatia, Founder-Editor, Thewire.in, Mumbai

• LISTENING AND INTIMACY
  Aparna Vaidik, Associate Professor of English, Ashoka University, Sonipat

• ROWDY BABES
  Krupa Ge, writer based in Chennai

• IN THE COMPANY OF nAUSHAD aLI - 1987
  Nasreen Munni Kabir, television producer, director and author, London

• FEASTING ON LOVE
  Chandana Krishnegowda, student, researcher and writer, Delhi

• 'AA JAA RE PARDESI': WHY i AM HAUNTED BY HINDI FILM SONGS
  Rachel Dwyer, Professor Emerita, Indian Cultures and Cinema, SOAS, University of London

• RAFI SAAB
  Rita Kothari, Professor of English, Ashoka University, Sonipat

• YEH KYA JAGAH HAI, DIASPORA?
  Nabeel Zuberi, Associate Professor in Media and Communication, University of Auckland

• AN UNEQUAL MUSIC
  Tanul Thakur, film critic and independent journalist, Delhi

• NOTES FROM A SONIC PILGRIMAGE
  Ravikant, media historian, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi

• COMPETITION, COMEDY, 'CRITICAL CONDITIONUM'
  Sumana Roy, poet and author, Associate Professor of Creative Writing, Ashoka University, Sonipat

• BOLLY-WOODED DEVOTION
  Ihsan Ul Ihthisam, student, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal  Nehru University, Delhi

• THE RESTIVENESS OF ASHA
  Amit Chaudhuri, novelist, critic and musician, Calcutta

• INTERVIEW
  Yunus Khan, music composer and songwriter

• ESSAY
  Echoes from the Garhwal Hills
  Satish C. Aikant, former Fellow, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla

• IN MEMORIAM
  Ibn Abdur Rehman 1930-2021