Sound Check
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As politicians squabble over loudspeakers, an appeal for quiet on International Noise Awareness Day
Whipping up communal sentiments sidelines the real public health concerns of noise pollution across India.
Sumaira Abdulali
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Radio Quarantine: Indian artists are trying to create a space for music and community in lockdown
Web radio stations have started in Bengaluru and Kolkata with similar names and a similar sense of purpose.
Malavika Neurekar
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Are Ganesh mandals in Maharashtra behind a nationwide dilution of noise pollution norms?
Festival organisers are cheering as the state has said that after the August 10 amendment of the rules, there are no silence zones.
Aarefa Johari
Trending
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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Why Calcutta HC struck down 25,000 teachers’ appointments and how it could impact the election
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Karnataka forms SIT to probe ‘obscene videos’ case allegedly involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna
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‘A lifelong dream’: Oscar-winning Resul Pookutty records Kerala’s grand temple festival sounds
The award-winning sound designer is part of a project to make a documentary on the grand Thrissur Pooram.
Anubha George
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The man for whom whistling is the worst sound in the world
John Osborne explored professional whistling and psychology to check if he had misphonia, a strong dislike of certain sounds.
John Osborne, mosaic.com
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Boney M disco songs, made in India
The band gets a subcontinental twist.
Manish Gaekwad
Video
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat