Dipanjali Deka is a teacher, researcher and performing artist/musician. She is currently Visiting Assistant Professor at the Centre for Writing and Pedagogy, KREA. Dipanjali holds a PhD from the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, School of Arts and Aesthetics, in Jawaharlal Nehru University. In her doctoral thesis, she interweaves the pluralities of philosophical, sociological and musical implications of nirguna bhakti through the oral song and poetry traditions of Lal Ded, Kabir and Azan Fakir. Her broader interests of research areas and methodologies include South Asian performance traditions, music and religion, bhakti music and poetry, bhakti literature and orality, music and politics, ethnomusicology, performance studies, cultural studies.