Just in time for Election Day, I wrote a piece for SikhNet.com about the rationale behind my latest music video for Koi Bol Ram and responding to a lot of the questions I have been getting online. Excerpt below, and read the full piece here.
As someone who has lived in the United States my whole life, I see frightening parallels between the rise of Modi-ism in India and Trumpism here—empowering Hindu nationalists on one side of the coin, empowering white nationalists on the other. As we approach the biggest election of our lifetimes here in the US, I wanted to release this video—and this message of unity and resistance to fascism—now.
Our world does not have to be so seeped with hatred, violence, and inequity. The images of the intergenerational protest movement in India are a reminder of what we’re fighting for—perhaps a glimpse of what justice looks and feels like. I hope it provides some much needed inspiration and hope in these times of anxiety and despair.