SOURCE: INDIANEXPRESS

What is UNESCO's Creative Cities Network? Which other Indian cities are part of it? What does inclusion in the network mean for a city? We explain

The city of Kozhikode in Kerala was added in UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network (UCCN) on Wednesday. Gwalior from Madhya Pradesh was also among the 55 new cities to join the network.

These cities have been handpicked to represent seven creative fields — crafts and folk arts, design, film, gastronomy, literature, media arts, and music. Kozhikode was included in the category of literature and Gwalior in the category of music.