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We curate trends and counter-culture in need of a voice.

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Joined March 2009
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Shaurya Thapa spoke to the wildly real voice repping brown culture in LA about representation and the power of authenticity sbcltr.in/the-electrofeminis…
We caught up with the Sri Lankan, Canadian Hip Hop star #SVDP to talk about #brownrenaissance in the international #musicindustry, #mirthangamraps and his #India tour. He performs in Delhi this weekend.
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Via @sbcltr Some more pictures from @seedhemaut’s upcoming music video shoot. Coming to you very soon. Photos by Drona Chandwani #SeedheMaut #seedhemautnation #AzadiRecords
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Appeal to all who have escaped detention to please come to Jantar Mantar and continue the protest. As and when we are released from detention, we shall also join everyone at Jantar Mantar.
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Modi and India is in a serious relationship and everyone can see, it's not working out.
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Kashmiris have been restricted from communicating outside their country for 50+ days. In Assam, almost 2 million people are being asked to prove their citizenship. This is how the Rohingya genocide started. At what point do we question whether PM Modi shares our values?
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#worldsmentalhealthday Treat every day like it's mental health day and break the idea that it's taboo to be vulnerable #sbcltr #voiceovernoise
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Over the past 15 years or so, a new kind of musical activism has emerged in Bangladesh, one inspired by American rappers like Tupac Shakur, Eminem, NWA and Public Enemy, writes Mubashar Hasan sbcltr.in/bangladeshi-rapper…
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NEW VIDEO! We are proud to present the official music video for Kasheer, the second single off AHMER and @sezonthebeat’s seminal debut album Little Kid Big Dreams. Directed by Vaksh Vimal. Watch the full video with subtitles here: youtu.be/Re6y3cd5jQo #Ahmer #AzadiRecords
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My sister has just been detained and taken to Oshiwara police station. She had got down from auto at Aarey checknaka and she was manhandled and taken away. She's still being allowed to use her phone. @MumbaiPolice you have to free everyone now! They're not criminals! @hiyer
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One could argue his music is too political, but so is his situation and the genre he expresses himself in. A lot of tory Ahmer has to say in his music, like most rap music, is born out of the circumstances that he finds himself in as a young Kashmiri. sbcltr.in/ahmer-and-kashmiri…
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If war has dehumanised, then art could have humanised or at least retrieved whatever was left. Yet this is denied through multiple negations when it comes to artistic production concerning Kashmir and Kashmiris sbcltr.in/on-imposed-silence…
I was not built to conform: Ravana – sbcltr subculture arts music culture sbcltr.in/i-was-not-built-to…
This Stanley Kubrick exhibition celebrates how architectural the director's work was, and how obsessive he was about design, from landscapes to graphics, products to technology on.ft.com/2XONu8V
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Catfishing BJP Chowkidars of Twitter All using photos of random girls, having approx 20k+ followers - @Himanshiii_ @radhika9025 @khushbootweet @KajalPandeyIND @AnjaliSinghIND @Kinjal_Patel47 @iNisha_bharti @me_and_my_crew_ @iShivaniMishra @muskan_rajput_ @KavyaGu89224094
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Are you serious?
Mueller Report will be released on a CD-ROM, the 10 funniest responses indy100.com/article/mueller-…
It will be days of joy,” says Rajmati, a health worker in Haryana state, when asked what an extra Rs 6,000 ($87) a month would mean to the poor households in her village. “It will also mean that you can survive without a husband.” — a jolt to patriarchy? economist.com/asia/2019/04/0…
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BREAKING: White House claims the territorial ISIS caliphate in Syria has been completely eliminated. abcn.ws/2JwU2Xi
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