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Ariyakkudi, maestro who woke up snoring crowds at concerts & made modern-day Carnatic music

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Ariyakkudi Ramanuja put together styles of various musicians across centuries to create the ‘golden mean’ for Carnatic music.
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Sundarabai, the versatile singer-actor who helped women musicians herself died unsung & poor

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Sundarabai was witness to many changes in the world of music and entertainment, and helped several performers adapt to modern technology.
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Coimbatore Thayi, the Carnatic singer who struck a chord in Paris but is unknown in India

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Gramophone records were usually colour‐coded based on the artiste’s popularity. Thayi’s was coded violet, indicating she was among the most popular.
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Janki Bai, singer disfigured by 56 stab wounds sold more records than her contemporaries

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Janki Bai not only trained in music and dance, but also learnt English, Sanskrit and Persian, and wrote a collection of Urdu poetry.
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Bangalore Nagarathnamma, the singer who took to Sanskrit and feminism in 19th Century India

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European record companies participated with artists like Nagarathnamma, a devadasi, at a time Indian society hounded them in name of morality.
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Hindustani vocalist Abdul Karim Khan’s music has special relevance in these communal times

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Listening to Abdul Karim Khan at the age of 11, Bhimsen Joshi is said to have made up his mind that this was how real music ought to be.
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Salem Godavari, Carnatic vocalist who fought superstitions to record erotic compositions

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Salem Godavari is a forgotten footnote and sadly evokes no memory in Carnatic musicians or connoisseurs.
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Gauhar Jaan, India’s first record artist, took Rs 3,000 a session & threw parties for her cat

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Gramophone’s search for ‘native’ voices in 1900s brought it to India’s Gauhar Jaan, who would go on to have 600 records to her name.
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