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Music that once made religion unappealing to India’s youth is now drawing them in
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The crowd at a bhajan jamming concert by Backstage Siblings in Delhi on Feb 1.
ST PHOTO: DEBARSHI DASGUPTA
NEW DELHI – The concert setting was a familiar one – a large LED screen served as the backdrop to a stage with musical instruments, including a synthesiser, guitar, electronic percussion instrument and drums.
Smoke guns, flame cannon and strobe lights were primed, too, as over 3,000 eager attendees waited in excitement inside a cavernous indoor stadium in Delhi.
