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by Ananya Raghu, IME Youth Advisory Board Every culture in the world is uniquely its own—each community possessing their own dialect, faith, expression, stories and histories. But the one thing they have in common, oftentimes predating organised language and...

Compiled by Reshma Ramu, TEAM, IME Youth Advisory Board India is a large country, but its music encompasses even larger limits. Thousands of years of musical history is a lot to catch up with, but we all have our favourite genres, artists, and songs. We asked the...

By Suditi Uniyal, IME Youth Advisory Board India is known for its diverse culture, food, dresses, and more. Along with these, it is also known for its music! Classifying Indian music as a genre is problematic, as there are many forms of Indian music. Many Indian...

Recently, in collaboration with the British Council, IME has taken the initiative to form India’s first Youth Advisory Board (YAB). The Board comprises 17 members between the ages of 14 and 18. It was formed as an initiative to try and bring more youth voices to the...

The Nityotsava Kavi (poet), Dr K.S. Nisar Ahmed, is a house-hold name. A Geologist by profession, he has to his credit many poems, translations and children’s books. As he was always clad immaculately in a three-piece suit, one could seldom find his religious identity...

Museums are increasingly relying on technology for various purposes. Especially in this pivotal moment, when the COVID crisis is accelerating the use of technology in all spheres, including the museum sector. We have seen – as more and more museums work with...

Increasing footfalls and engagement at museums are no small task. But, both are different. Visitor footfall is the number of visitors. Most often, the direct measure of this is the ticket sales. This is one of the parameters of measuring the success or failure of an...

There emerged Raga rock! Raga rock is a subgenre of rock music formed when the latter was influenced by Indian classical music. The impact of  Indian Classical Music became pronounced during the mid-60s. Popular bands in the west started using quintessential Indian...

Music has a very strong and powerful impact on our mind and mood. It engages the mind, which is a manifestation of our emotion, imagery, memory, attention, learning, pattern perception, motor control and much more. One of the only activities that make the entire brain...

In music, the pause button is a symbol of silence – a break before you can either rewind to the past or fast forward to the future.  The Indian Music Experience museum celebrates the diversity of music in India, and as an extension, diversity and inclusion is...