When art and activism are at cross purposes [Now that the Madras high court has delivered its verdict putting to rest the controversy surrounding the Sangita Kalanidhi MS Subbulakshmi award that was ...
Carnatic musicians in the southern Indian city of Chennai have often been accused of being elitist and upper caste. Their music is traditionally set to songs composed by Hindu devotional poets of ...
K.J. Diliip says he wanted to compose something vibrant and dynamic in the Carnatic raga Bahudari, but with a contemporary twist. He elaborates, “Bahudari, like many other ragas, offers endless ...