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Akshat is a lawyer interested in the intersection of cultural studies and the regulation of culture. He blends his knowledge of the music industry, with his legal acumen and working on building a feasible indigenous policy proposal for diverse art to flourish and be equitibly accessible on the platform economy. A graduate of the Jindal Global Law School, Akshat specialises in Intellectual Property, Media, Entertainment and Tech laws, especially their interface with human rights. Akshat currently works as a Judicial Clerk at the Delhi HC.

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Commodification and Commercialisation – Corporations and Cultural Monopolies

When we start to refer to various folk genres as forgotten, or Indian classical and its various sub genres as fading in terms of recognition, we must think of the systemic issues that cultural commodification has led to. Read More

Anant Shah- Founder

Anant Shah (just as his Instagram bio says) has always been interested in connecting people though their different cultures. He is drawn to this goal, given his background of a family of artists, as well as his work at several different organisations such as the People Tree with Orijit Sen, The Conflictorium in Ahmedabad and The UN (AIDS) Communications and Global Advocacy Team in Geneva. As a graduate of History and International relations at Ashoka University, he co-founded and set up the Ashoka Literature festival in 2019. Longing to increase this critical discourse on contemporary and traditional Indian Cultures he finally decided to start InCulture.

Kartik Sundar- Founder

Kartik Sundar loves nothing more than opining on cultural content. An avid writer for many publications, the decision to start one of his own came from recognizing a substantive lack of critical discourse around Indian culture today. He graduated Ashoka University with a degree in History & International Relations and wishes to complete further education with a focus on media and cultural studies.

We at inCulture are looking to shed light on what we see as an emerging new Indian culture as well as paying dues to the traditions that have been integral in shaping the current space. We want to try and create a space where critical reflection on cultural events, individuals, works of art, or practices can be fostered. Rather than exist as a cultural news outlet that merely serves as a bulletin board for the latest releases, inCulture will look to curate multi-medium pieces that seek to inform readers about aspects of our culture that make you think beyond an immediate reaction. In particular, we strive to look critically at Indian culture by investigating it under four distinct categories – film & theatre, music, spaces, and society.

The Madness of Crowds: A Lesson in A Suitable Boy

The Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Lies

Queer Cinema Needs a Change in Representation

Of Predawn Prayers, Early Winters, and Vivid Nostalgia

The MDH Brand: Projecting an Indian Culture

Shruthi in the West – A Chronology of Indian Sounds in Western Music

Shruthi in the West – A Chronology of Indian Sounds in Western Music

The Casteless Collective – On Gaana and Dissent

The Psychedelic Orient – The Story of How India Became The West’s Drug-Culture Capital

Remembering the Dusty Halls of Bally Sadharan Granthagar

Tripping off Terraces – An Ode To Days Spent Above

A Tale of Three Cities: Metropolitan Mutation and Building a Home

The Unsuitable Tongues of Mira Nair’s ‘A Suitable Boy’

Reviving Interactive Narratives – Storytelling Traditions

Using Art as Narrative, Graphic Novelists are Retelling Indian Epics

The inCulture Room – Shaleen Wadhwana

The Colonial Lens of Imperialist Photography

The Space That Art and its Market Occupy in Indian Society – Part 3

The inCulture Room – Shaleen Wadhwana

The inCulture Room Episode 4 – Rahul Ram

The inCulture Room Episode 3 – Jyotsna Mohan Bhargava

Raga Rock – Classic Rock & Indian Classical

Indian Media Needs a Youth Translator

Nepotism in Bollywood- The Media’s Monster

Commodification and Commercialisation – Corporations and Cultural Monopolies

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