Why Centre wants airlines, airports to change the music
What: The government has advised domestic airlines and airport operators to play Indian music, following a request to the effect from the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) to Union aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia recently.
Why: “Music played by most airlines across the globe is quintessential of the country to which the airline belongs, for example, Jazz in (an) American airline or Mozart in Austrian Airlines and Arab music in an airline from the Middle East. But Indian airlines seldom play Indian music in flight, whereas our music has a rich heritage and culture and it has one of the many things every Indian has a reason for truly proud of it (sic),” the advisory letter written by aviation ministry joint secretary Usha Padhee to DGCA chief Arun Kumar and AAI chairman Sanjeev Kumar says.
And: Indian music encompasses numerous genres, which include classical music, folk, light vocal, instrumental music, the ministry letter says.
