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The cultural interplay between India and #Afghanistan transformed the rabab into the sarod and inspired klasik music. What happens to this heritage now?

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Built over generations, now this musical heritage stands in danger of destruction with the #Taliban regaining power in #Afghanistan

By @TheMalini✍️

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@TheMalini There are already fears among musicians that their life, work and precious instruments will suffer as they did during #Talibans last rule from 1996 to 2001.

There are reports that music schools and artistes have silenced themselves.

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@TheMalini One of the first Indian gestures of solidarity after the #Taliban were routed in 2001 was to gift #Kabul a cache of musical instruments.

#Afghanishtan #Talibans

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When Madras Army soldiers protested about the loss of extra pay

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Over the past two decades, officials say an illicit liquor trade has grown in the state in parallel with a boom in the liquor industry.

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