Blending tech and culture

An innovative trio from Tezpur has curated a vast digital library of exclusively Assamese songs, opening its culture to the world, writes Prasanta Mazumdar

- Prasanta Mazumdar

Often, homesick souls stranded far from their native haunts yearn for the familiar tunes of home. Well, thanks to the innovation and efforts of Mrinmoy Kumar (26), Biswajit Baruah (26), and Krishanu Kashyap (25), three friends from northern Assam's Tezpur city, those spread far and wide and yet connected by the Assamese culture can soothe their souls with the songs of home.

The trio, deciding to archive their culture and open it to the world through technology, created a digital library of over 30,000 songs in less than four years, thanks to a mobile app "Baahi" (flute) they developed before monetizing it for the local and global audience.

As they say, necessity is the mother of invention; the need to develop the app was felt in the absence of an online platform to listen to exclusively Assamese songs.