“Every house will be saffron!” the singer, Laxmi Dubey, yelled into her microphone, referring to the colour representing Hinduism. Dubey is one of the biggest stars driving the rise of Hindutva pop music in India over the last few years. It is the music of the times in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s India. “Hate bundled with so-called faith has become par for the course today,” said TM Krishna, one of India’s most renowned traditional singers. In one music video, Sanjay Faizabadi, another popular Hindutva pop artist, lunges toward the camera in military fatigues.

Source: bd News24 November 11, 2019 03:01 UTC