Cover Picture by Nidhi Lodaya
QLA, 2019. A crowd of familiar faces – a mixture of NCR’s liberal arts college contingent and prominent faces from DU’s art circles. The usual conversation seems to be abuzz in the air: “Bhai, magical performers, I’m watching for the third time”, “Matlab they really speak truth to power yaar”, “I’m just here for the vibes bro”. Everyone hurries to get their overpriced choice of sponsored Bira bottles before the act arrives. The curtains unfurl, revealing a lit up Qutub Minar and, more importantly, five men dressed head to toe in white. At their centre, the oxymoronically unassuming and eye catching Suryakant Sawhney.
‘Lifafa’, as his personal electronic project and wackily cryptic personal Instagram is titled, is an enigma. Just one cursory glance at the Peter Cat Recording Co frontman and you can see that he embodies a caricatured image of an independent artist – lanky, unkempt, and seemingly always with a glass…