Brahma Prakash is a leading cultural theorist, essayist and public intellectual based in Delhi who teaches theatre and performance studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University. He is the author of the critically acclaimed books Cultural Labour (OUP, 2019), Body on the Barricades: Life, Art and Resistance in Contemporary India (LeftWord, 2023) and Spectacle State: How Hindutva Shapes Feeling and Culture (HarperCollins 2026). He has extensively published in leading research journals and edited volumes including Performance Research, Asian Theatre Journal, Economic and Political Weekly and others. His columns and podcasts on art, culture and politics frequently appear on various media platforms in English and Hindi.