Diplomats often tell their stories at summits, defense agreements, and energy corridors. But some of the strongest connections between areas are made not in conference rooms, but through sound—rhythms that move faster than policy papers and feelings that come before official alignment. Music has become a subtle but more and more effective way for India and the Middle East to talk to each other in recent years. It is a kind of cultural diplomacy that is flexible, audience-driven, and politically safe....