Srini's comment is an apt one. AIR is funded out of public money. If BBC can make its archive available for the public listening/ use, why not our own AIR/ Prasar Bharti its treasures built out of public funds?
==================================== Rev Dr Richard Rego SJ Director, SARANG SAC 107.8FM Community Radio Head & Asst Prof., MCMS Dept of Mass Communication St Aloysius College; P.B. 720 Mangalore - 575003. www.richardrego.wordpress.com www.staloysiuscollege.wordpress.com 0824-2449706. +919448546425. ________________________________ From: Srini RamaKrishnan <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: India- gii <[email protected]>; CR India <[email protected]>; [email protected] Sent: Monday, 21 September, 2009 19:19:18 Subject: Re: [cr-india] [india-gii] Fw: [Asiapacific-general] British Library releases 23, 700 rare audio tracks online On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 5:16 AM, Vickram Crishna <[email protected]> wrote: > [The British Library has made 23,700 rare music and sound recordings > from its massive collection, reputed to be one of the largest sound archives > in the world,] > All India Radio has been the repository of an equally invaluable, perhaps > even more so, given the paths of destruction of cultural roots here, audio > repository of South Asian music and audio theater, paid for out of public > funds. Indeed, going back in history a long way, we see that the Indian subcontinent has never had a great desire to preserve records. Perhaps a PI litigation? _______________________________________________ cr-india mailing list [email protected] https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india
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