India transitions: Culture and society during contemporary viral times

ABSTRACT

The following sections are included • CONTEXT OF THE STUDY • CONTEMPORARY HISTORICAL TRANSITION IN THREE ACTS CAN THE REAL CITIZENS PLEASE STAND UP? • THE COVID-19 VIRAL PHASE • TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL OF VOICE, SOUND, AND LISTENING WITHIN CRITICAL MEDIA STUDIES • CONTEXTUALIZING SOUND TRADITIONS OF RUDAALIS, BAULS, AND QAWWALS ENGAGING MODERNITY AND POST-COLONIALISM • THE RUDAALI’S RHYTHMIC CRY FROM LOCAL PRACTICE TO GLOBAL SOUND • SYNCRETIC SOUND OF THE QAWWALS FROM SINGING AT THE DARGAH (SHRINE OF A HOLY PERSON IN HINDUISM AND ISLAM) TO GLOBAL MUSIC • EMBODIED ANALYSIS • ROLE OF MEDIA, VOICE, AND FREE SPEECH • REFERENCES. © 2020 Institute of Indian Studies, HUFS.