A Sikkimese rapper performs at a winter festival deep in the hills of Arunachal Pradesh. On the way back, he and his manager are allegedly attacked. Now, a Chief Minister is making a personal promise that justice will be delivered. Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu came out swinging on Thursday, condemning the alleged attack … Read more
He had just finished performing. That should have been the end of it — music, a crowd, a good night, a drive home. Instead, Sikkim-based rapper Ugen Namgyal Bhutia, known widely as UNB, was allegedly hunted down on an empty stretch of road in Arunachal Pradesh’s Lower Dibang Valley district on Monday evening, beaten with … Read more
The Dobom Doji Collective, along with some of the most exciting voices from the Northeast, is set to perform at Soundscapes of India Season 3 — and this is a much bigger deal than it sounds. Itanagar’s own Dobom Doji Collective — a folk rock band that has long been weaving the raw spirit of … Read more
