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Celebrating the Spirit of Artistic Freedom
IME hosted the Azaadi Music Festival – a free 10-day festival celebrating the diverse sounds, stories, and traditions of Indian music that explores the evolving meaning of freedom, or Azaadi, in modern India. Like the museum, the festival too served as an invitation to audiences to engage with music not just as entertainment, but as a forc...
A View from the Outside
Museums convey knowledge while also offering sensory experiences and a vessel for shared memory. They often tell stories that unfold in the museum space, inviting visitors to explore these spaces. This is what makes museum exhibitions so special and fascinating. As a musicologist, I am particularly interested in music exhibitions. In 2015, I set...
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A Few Thoughts
At last, the Central Government’s GST Council reduced the GST rates on many products in October. Thankfully, the GST on basic construction materials such as cement has been lowered from 28% to 18%. Cement is no longer considered a ‘luxury or sin’ good. I am sure rationalised GST rates will boost consumption and over time will bring more revenue to the government.