Description
"Think Tennis and Taekwondo. Two sports which could not be more different from each other, but they have one aspect in common. Grunting. But what's the big deal about grunting in sports? And if you thought these two were unrelated, may I introduce Indian classical music in the mix? What could possible connect grunting and Indian classical music? This week, we discover the neuroscience that connects grunting, Indian Classical Music and why we as Indians love eating with our hands. Check out the following Coke Studio Songs Paar Channa De (ft. Strings, Noori and Shilpa Rao) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrPvQvbp3Cg Piyush Mishra on Coke Studio MTV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfk6AzvyX4k and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zTFzMPWGLs Choudhary (ft Mame Khan) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gukvtH_a3I Tu Jhoom (ft. Abida Parveen and Naseebo Lal) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D4vNcK6D38 Rang (ft. Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Late Amjad Sabri) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D4vNcK6D38"
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Published 11/28/24
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Published 11/14/24