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Is there a “democratic” aspect to the melakarta scheme?

While “democratic values” would seem an anachronism in the context of the hierarchical society wherein its inventor flourished, we are free to envisage new possibilities inherent in the melakarta scheme as such: The research in the field of pure musicology yields some interesting theoretical results, useful from technical and historical points of view. Venkatamakhi while …

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Audio | Numbers in Indian music and beyond (rasa): Zero & Nine– CBC Ideas

The story of zero: How ‘nothing’ changed the world Before it could be used, it had to be invented. “This invention of the zero and the way we write our numerals today is what is now the basis of all modern technology,” Princeton mathematics professor Manjul Bhargava told IDEAS. “We often take it for granted. But …

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