Songs of UP elections: Ka ba, Sab ba, maangat ba Akhilesh ke and Maya bahin ke jitiyaha

Kalyani, K (2022) Songs of UP elections: Ka ba, Sab ba, maangat ba Akhilesh ke and Maya bahin ke jitiyaha. The Print.

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It is impossible to have an election in Uttar Pradesh without its accompanying song and dance. With the rise of social media, what we are seeing is a sophisticated coming together of propaganda and parochialism. Between articulating distress and hope, worshiping of leaders and ‘jai shri Ram’, and evoking Bharat Mata and Jyotiba Phule, the election songs fight to find room in the crowd space of democracy, literature, performing arts and resistance. From Neha Singh Rathore’s UP mein ka ba to Ravi Kishan’s Sab ba, all have a target audience.

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Kalyani, K

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