The Anād Foundation 4.15

Since conserving and celebrating our cultural heritage is Anād's main objective, our approach is three-fold: documentation, analysis and performance (education/dissemination). Among Anād's main activities are:

• Recovering and restoring vintage audio-recordings of classical music maestros, including those of many who chose never to become public performers and instead, live their lives in virtual anonymity

• Reviving long lost traditions of luthiery (instrument making), particularly in North India and of those instruments fallen from use for over 150 years. We have not only engaged in the recovery of physical instruments but also their ancient playing techniques, the knowledge of which we have garnered via extensive field research over the last 25 years.

• Employing indigenous pedagogical processes to disseminate knowledge of ancient musical repertoire and practice. Students who have come under the aegis of Anād have been trained in performance practices and musical repertoire dating back to 15th century South Asia, the knowledge of which has been transmitted orally through several generations.

• Conceiving and in the process of establishing Anād Khand: Institute of Arts, Aesthetics and Cultural Traditions in Sultanpur Lodhi, Punjab. This institute is situated in Qila Sarai, a 12th century fort laying in a state of ruination due to neglect.

• Bringing together the world’s finest conservation architects and restoration specialists in the 17-member strong Anād Scientific Advisory Committee (ASAC) to guide the physical restoration of Qila Sarai.