Aarushi Agrawal

In our collective consciousness today, Punjab often gets reduced to stereotypes. Happy, jolly, loud people. Struggling farmers. Rap music and fast cars. Drugs and alcohol. The depth and complexity of the land and its people is often overlooked for easily digestible and sellable representations, and bite-sized images and ideas. The 12 track album PB2047, created by a duo consisting of Jalandhar-based musicians Amer Khosla and Manas Prabhanshdeep Singh, is challenging this watering down of the culture by bringing nuance and depth to the dialogue. “I really wanted the album to be politically sharp. But somewhere along the line, the material and music we chose swept us away in a certain direction. It became spiritually inclined and about the more personal transformation aspect” says Khosla.

In our collective consciousness today, Punjab often gets reduced to stereotypes. Happy, jolly, loud people. Struggling farmers. Rap music and fast cars. Drugs

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