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From Indus Whistles to Algorithmic Beats

Sometime around 2500 BCE, in the dust-whorled streets of Mohenjodaro, a teenager sat on a flight of brick steps , idly blowing into a hand-moulded terracotta bird whistle.

India’s forgotten Sitar artisans

Today is World Music Day. All over the world, people are celebrating music. Concerts are happening. Songs are being played.

West Bengal’s economics of ill health

The most recent ‘Fiscal Health Index’ (FHI) released by NITI Aayog has placed West Bengal,once the country’s leading economy, in the lowest tier.

Destinations to define India

India’s journey towards Viksit Bharat @ 2047 will be shaped not only by the industries we grow, the infrastructure we build, or the technologies we adopt, but also by the destinations we develop.