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Item Open Access I believe(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2011) Sharma, Kartikeya; Devy, GaneshPeople Believe, They believe in God, religion, relationships, aliens, ghosts, politicians… We believe in everything and anything, which could help us get through or prevent us from bad luck, bring in money, preserve our health. People who say they do not believe in anything also believe in their theory of non- existence of something else. India, known as the land of spirituality and philosophy, is home to many religions. Like Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and other innumerable religious traditions. In India, religion is life, it is an integral part of the entire Indian tradition. With over 330 million Gods and Goddesses to worship for the majority of Indians, religion permeates in every aspect of life, from commonplace to daily chores to education and politics. This gives birth to, many beliefs and practises which are followed around us. For example, like wearing gem stones, lockets of Gods and Goddessess, rudraksha , yantras , pooja ki thaliyan, worshiping cows, praying around banyan tree, palmistry, tarot card reading, vastu shastra… and the list goes on. Some of them could be termed as superstition but then, isn’t it said that someone’s belief is someone else’s superstition. We go great lengths to show our commitment to our beliefs, be it Physical suffering (like walking 14 Kms in harsh terrain of mountains to visit Kedarnath temple), keeping fasts for days or be it donating huge amount of money to Temples and Shrines. With massive participation of people and day by day more money pouring in, now these religious sectors are becoming more and more commercialized. We can find various books on religion, bhajan CD’s & DVD’s, rings, lockets, yantras, and with science of vastu, payra-vastu and Feng-Shui are also coming up over the years, there has been a tremendous boom in these Belief Markets. This has helped in generating revenue as various services and production of products in these religious sectors is frequent nowadays, which in turn also helps in circulation of money in our economy. With increase in involvement of money, there is also a chance of people being misled to earn profit from them. People are tipped off on wrong interpretation of scripts and manuscripts. Things that might have held true in yesteryears might not hold true in today’s world but still they are being practiced, and this leads to the point that people follow what is being told instead of understanding the logic, which raises the question: Is the Act for believing more important than the belief itself?Item Open Access Urban soundscapes: an exploration of why and how, we hear, what we do...(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2008) Kadam, Neha; Mazumdar, MadhumitaUrban soundscapes is a multimedia exploration of the forms, practices and habits of engaging with sound in a contemporary urban Indian context. It focuses on the listening habits of a section of the urban Indian youth and invites critical reflection on the choices they make in the selection and enjoyment of the sounds that come to them through the mediation modern technology. Put simply, Urban Soundscapes is both an exploration and reflection on why we hear what we do as we live our lives in the complex sonic environment of the modern city. It begins on the premise that the urban soundscape is not a random collection of sounds. Sounds in the city come in forms, patterns, designs and shapes that are tied to dominant economic structures and local cultural contexts. It invites the user to explore this observation through four different points of entry through technology, through the consumer, the music market and of course through the makers of music themselves. The role of technology in creating a complex and evolving urban soundscape is underscored by a focus on the particular forms, tastes, and habits of listening to music by a dominant section of the urban Indian youth. Based on both fieldwork and academic writings on the subject, this product tries to present a complex cultural and social phenomenon in a format that tries to appeal to both the initiated and informed. It can in a sense position itself as educational software that tries to complement serious writing on the subject by putting together the constitutive elements of multi‐media on a digital medium that is both attractive and affordable. It does not in any way pretend to be either a comprehensive or definitive work on the subject. It offers instead the possibility of generating a critical awareness of one’s social and cultural context in a way that is both intelligible and entertaining.