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The Japanaese Renaissance

Whenever we think of Japan, we think of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Second World War had left Japan completely devastated, depleted of its teeming potential and resources. After 74 years, Japan has metamorphosed into a world power, flaunting its suave in multilateral fields.With t he excitement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics all around and shops ready with official merchandise, Japan is pushing the accelerator on full throttle to showcase their best.  My recent visit to Japan was worthwhile, a revelation in itself. The rapid development of Japan never fails to awestruck anyone. The main shifting point was during the Meiji dynasty - during which Japan faced a huge technological, political, and educational influx from the western nations and broke out of their isolated cocoon. Since then, Japan has no turning back. The disciplined traditional nature of the people along with their quality education have contributed a lot to this development. Recently, the Japan government has decided to

The re-organised Kashmir

The Kashmir crisis goes way back to our independence. With the partition, Maharaja Hari Singh of Kashmir was in a dilemma whether to join India or Pakistan. After the Afghans backed by the Pakistan army unethically attacked on Kashmir, Hari Singh approached Nehru for help, thus, joining Kashmir to the Indian territory. It was this which paved the way for article 373 and 35(A). Article 370 and 35(A) provides the state of Jammu & Kashmir a host of special rights. These special rights are frequently debated. Until recently, both the articles were scrapped with a majority sweep for the notion from the BJP led government. The chaos in Kashmir - both internal and external, was prevailing for a long time. Everyone needed a solution to this issue. Strict precautions were taken by the authorities to prevent any opposition - Internet connectivity was snapped, eminent figures like Mehbooba Mufti, Omar Abdullah, were put to house arrest, the number of armed forces was increased, article 144

So many music players, who stands out in India?

There are multiple online music players in India, namely Spotify, Gaana, Hungama, Wynk, Amazon music, Jio-Saavn, YouTube music . With Spotify and YouTube music being the new players in the market competing with veterans like Jio-Saavn, Gaana, etc. With Spotify released on 26th February, 2019 and YouTube music on 12th March, 2019, both the services are facing a tough time gripping into the Indian music market. In this article, I make a comprehensive analysis of all the music streaming services in India considering the viewpoints of the audience being my priority. I have explored the areas of quality of music,collection of music, the quality of the curated playlists, demand,  and last but not the least, cost efficiency.   Jio-Saavn was launched in 2007, one of the early members of the music streaming family in India. One of the most favoured among Indians. After the merge of Jio-music and Saavn, the service has reached to more people with an ever increasing music collection.  The

Is India becoming the new music capital?

India's musical extravaganza is famous right from the beginning of Indian history. The country has witnessed birth to a number of musical prodigies time and again. Earlier, we had our expertise confined only in classical genre but now we have expanded our musical territory to almost all genres. It would be a lie to say that Indians don't have music in their genes. Right from the rickshaw-wala across the street to the millionaires of our country - everyone enjoys the melodies equally, music does act as the universal language in a versatile nation like India. Not only do we have versatility in our language, but also in our music. It binds our youth to the older generation, connects us right from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. Songs like Gulaabi aakhen, dilbar mere, still find place on the lips of the youth, keeping in mind, the fact that genres like EDM, pop, are successfully attracting the youths. With India's huge musical fan base, fests like Sunburn, NH7 Weekender, Enchanted