Brahma Prakash is a leading cultural theorist, essayist and public intellectual based in Delhi. He teaches theatre and performance studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University. He is the author of the critically acclaimed books Cultural Labour (2019) and Body on the Barricades (2023). He has extensively published in leading research journals and edited volumes in Performance Research, Asian Theatre Journal, Economic and Political Weekly and others. He was a visiting fellow at Cambridge University and Heidelberg University. His columns on art, culture and politics frequently appear in Outlook India and other media platforms. His opinions have also appeared in Al Jazeera, DW News and The New Arab, and popular podcasts in Hindi and English.