Anahad Foundation giving tribal musicians new hope
In an era when music is based on electronically-generated soundscapes, a young social entrepreneur, Abhinav Agrawal started the Anahad Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation that works towards recording, preserving, documenting and consolidating the available knowledge of the evolution of Indian tribal folk music.
The team behind executing this vision also includes Shuchi Roy, an experienced lawyer dealing with copyright issues and managing the organisation’s operations, and Satyam Sangwan, who deals with the technical and post-production process. Follow Spotlife Asia for the latest news and updates.
Abhinav says that without avenues for recording, storing and establishing a digital identity for these folk artists, their work
Although the organisation is based out of New Delhi, the foundation and their team of volunteers travel to tribal villages with a mobile studio recording system to record the work of these artists under their ‘Project Equals’ initiative, which brings tribal folk musical communities into the mainstream. Once the composition is vetted for originality, it is converted into a digital format. The copyright to this composition is then given to the composer.