The ongoing public furore — both in the press and social media in India and abroad — over the Madras Music Academy — MMA— conferring its prestigious Annual Award of Sangitha Kalanidhi on T. M. Krishna (TMK) the enfant terrible of the Carnatic Music world, has reignited fierce and polarised social discourse on several themesContinue reading “T.M.Krishna: the man who weaponized his music”
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A LESS-KNOWN QUARTET THAT WAS MORE GLORIOUS THAN THE FAMOUS TRINITY
In the Carnatic music world it is more common to hail the female Trinity of female musicians of yesteryear as “MS , MLV and DKP”. Just as in the cricketing world they hail India’s legendary spinning trio of Bedi , Prasanna and Chandrasekhar. However, both in the fields of Carnatic music and Cricket often peopleContinue reading “A LESS-KNOWN QUARTET THAT WAS MORE GLORIOUS THAN THE FAMOUS TRINITY”