Folk music is a kind of traditional, often rural music that represents the cultural heartbeat of India. Anchored in oral traditions expressing the everyday struggles of human beings, folk music differs from other forms of music, like classical music, by being more rooted to the cultural realities of the rural population and the marginalised sections of society.  Illustration by The Geostrata In India, folk music is a tool of cultural identifiers of a diverse region. From the

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Layered in the depths of Indian history is the heritage of hand-spun fabrics. With a legacy that stretches over a thousand years, the...

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Benedict Anderson in his renowned work “Imagined Communities” explains that national identity is essentially an imagination of a...

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“Film is one of the three universal languages, the other two are mathematics and music” - Frank Capra Illustration by The Geostrata India...

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New Strategic Ally of India “You cannot love this country with just words, the capital of this country starts in the trenches,” ~ Vazgen...