Book discussion of the edited volume, Punjab Sounds: In and Beyond the Region by Radha Kapuria and Vebhuti Duggal. The discussants will be Navkiran Natt, T. Brandon Evans, and Daljit Ami. It will be chaired by Ravikant.

Date: Monday, April 13, 2026

Time: 4 pm

Location: CSDS Seminar Room, 29 Rajpur Road, Delhi 110054

Punjab Sounds: In and Beyond the Region explores how music and sound shape everyday life in Punjab and across its global diasporas. Moving beyond borders, the book traces how songs, performances, and listening practices travel, carrying memory, identity, and emotion across places and generations. This anniversary discussion brings together scholars and practitioners to reflect on the book’s key ideas and the continuing resonance of Punjab’s sonic worlds.

Editors

Radha Kapuria is a historian of South Asia at Durham University, specialising in music, gender, performance, and regional histories.
Vebhuti Duggal is Associate Professor at CSDS, Delhi.

Discussants

Navkiran Natt is an independent scholar and filmmaker.
T. Brandon Evans is a Media and Sound Studies scholar at the Thapar School of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Daljit Ami is a documentary filmmaker and Director of EMRC, Punjabi University Patiala.

Chair

Ravikant is Professor at CSDS, Delhi.