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		<title>&#8216;Tender&#8217; Archives at NCPA</title>
		<link>http://blog.aneeshpradhan.com/2008/06/tender-archives-at-ncpa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Musicians were given to understand that music archives in India, are non-profit organisations working expressly to promote documentation and research.  Not for a moment was there ever any mention of a commercial transaction between the archive and a record label or any other organisation for disseminating this material.  Dissemination was to be carried [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fusion music-confusion or confluence</title>
		<link>http://blog.aneeshpradhan.com/2007/04/fusion-music-confusion-or-confluence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2007 19:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aneesh</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Published in Vivek Saptahik, Divali issue 2006.
                                                
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		<title>Who is instrumental?</title>
		<link>http://blog.aneeshpradhan.com/2006/11/who-is-instrumental/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Published in DNA April, 2007
One has noticed the odd article or news item in the recent past drawing the reader’s attention to musicians patenting their inventions.  Some musicians have also made it a point to include such information in their bio-sketches, a move prompted more by the need to ‘safeguard’ against any contrary claims [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hindustani music finds a &#8216;rudali&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.aneeshpradhan.com/2006/10/hindustani-music-finds-a-rudali/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.aneeshpradhan.com/2006/10/hindustani-music-finds-a-rudali/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:27:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aneesh</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[An Open Letter to the Outlook Magazine in response to its cover story for the September 25, 2006 issue.
Congratulations on striking the death knell for Hindustani classical music!  One can’t quite remember the last time that Outlook did a cover story or a feature on classical music, but I am happy that you have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DJ Divine</title>
		<link>http://blog.aneeshpradhan.com/2006/09/dj-divine/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.aneeshpradhan.com/2006/09/dj-divine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2006 18:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aneesh</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It is well over a century since Maharashtra first saw the public celebration of the Ganesh festival or what is more commonly called Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav.  The use of these public festivities as a political weapon by Lokmanya Tilak during the colonial period is a well-known fact.  But it would be relevant to remember [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Confluence of musical streams</title>
		<link>http://blog.aneeshpradhan.com/2006/07/confluence-of-musical-streams/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2006 08:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aneesh</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an unedited version of a piece that was published in the DNA, July 1, 2006  
The need to articulate musical concepts related to technique, repertoire and more, has been an ongoing pursuit for many scholars of Hindustani music.  The introduction of the print medium in India, enabled scholars, other intellectuals and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shobha Gurtu</title>
		<link>http://blog.aneeshpradhan.com/2006/06/shobha-gurtu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2006 08:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an unedited version of an article that appeared in the Tehelka, October 9, 2004 
Yesterday, we lost one of India’s finest voices.  Yesterday, another window into the past was shut on us.  Yesterday, I lost Shobhatai – more familiar to music lovers as Shobha Gurtu, the 79 year old thumri exponent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ustad Allauddin Khan Sangeet Academy</title>
		<link>http://blog.aneeshpradhan.com/2006/06/ustad-allauddin-khan-sangeet-academy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2006 08:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an unedited version of a piece that appeared in the Times of India, Mumbai, Februay 25, 2004 
Renaming institutions to ostensibly bring back lost glory and to weed out foreign elements in Indian society has been a favourite pastime of the saffron brigade.  The recent move to rechristen the Ustad Allauddin Khan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Culture policy</title>
		<link>http://blog.aneeshpradhan.com/2006/06/culture-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.aneeshpradhan.com/2006/06/culture-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2006 07:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an unedited version of a piece that appeared in the DNA, Mumbai, February 18, 2006
Come January and arts’ circles are abuzz with rumours about possible Padma awardees.  Not before long, hopes and anxieties are met or put to rest, when the headlines carry the final list of awardees.  And the government makes its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Reality of the Accompanist</title>
		<link>http://blog.aneeshpradhan.com/2006/06/this-article-was-first-published-in-economic-and-political-weekly-vol-xli-no21-may-27-june-2-2006/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2006 05:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aneesh</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This article was first published in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol XLI No.21, May 27-June 2, 2006 
Lakshmi Subramanian’s article (EPW, April 8-14, 2006) on the role of the accompanist in the larger aesthetic of Indian music presented a fresh look at the issue, particularly so, after the now media-sensationlised and much-hyped ‘Shanmukhananda Hall’ episode.  Ironically, [...]]]></description>
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