: What happens when a classical musician gets off the concert stage to perform at a site of activism? #IndiaNEWS The breath-taking vistas of Tuensang cannot hide the fact that development has passed

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What happens when a classical musician gets off the concert stage to perform at a site of activism? #IndiaNEWS
The breath-taking vistas of Tuensang cannot hide the fact that development has passed it by. Tucked away in remote eastern Nagaland, the district is one of India’s 250 most backward districts, just like neighbouring Mon, the site of the horrific killings of 13 miners by the Indian Army early in December.In Kiding village, on a rickety machan where the household has yet to wrap the day’s washing, a bunch of Carnatic musicians have parked themselves for an impromptu creative session. They will see where a raga medley starting with Bhairavi can go without amplified voices, with a violin and a couple of buckets and pans for percussion.The neighbourhood thinks the whole thing is a good joke till the music soars, past the din of daily life and a full-throated rooster. “This is so wonderful,� said Maria, whose courtyard has turned into an adda, as she listens to the alien contours of an unfamiliar music system.This unusual juxtaposition is part of the Blue Planet project, a filmed experiment locating classical arts at different sites of activism. Over the next few months, it will document 21 artistes of Hindustani and Carnatic stream travelling around the country, performing, interacting with residents and voluntary groups working on livelihood, education...Read more

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