[Ask MetaFilter | Community Weblog] The closest analogue might be old (20s or 30s) recordings of Delta Blues musicians, which have a particularly scratchy, distinctive sound given the recording techniques and microphones used -- but the sound of Indian music is much different, and the recordings are much more recent.
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[Boingboing.net] Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things: On Metroblogging Mumbai, contributor Saakshi Juneja posts a fascinating first-person account (with photos) about a worker's strike in that city:
[Medianetwork.blogspot.com] Media Network Weblog: 23 October 2005: Satellite operator SES Astra says it has been chosen by the UK’s leading South Asian cable and satellite TV provider Sony Entertainment Television (SET) Asia to transmit its newly launched TV channel MAX. MAX is a Premium subscription channel, which offers a mix of Indian Bollywood movies and international events on the ASTRA 2A satellite in the orbital position 28.2° East.
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