Maya Neelakantan taught herself how to play thrash metal riffs but always felt something was missing. The final piece of the puzzle was finding out Carnatic music can be played on the guitar.
Suchitra is not the only ‘insider’ leaking secrets in Tamil Nadu. Actor Bayilvan Ranganathan, who mostly discusses the lives of celebrity couples in Kollywood, also brings in the views.
Krishna has slandered an entire community in the name of freedom of speech. But Brahmin musicians numerically dominate the field due to a complex mix of socio-economic factors, not casteism.
Madras Music Academy conferring Sangita Kalanidhi on T.M. Krishna has raised a storm in Carnatic music circles. He had boycotted academy over 'Brahmanism' & 'corruption' in 2015.
Sisters condemn letter from Music Academy chief N. Murali about their decision to withdraw from its conference, accuse him of trying to 'build a narrative and cast aspersions' on them.
Six musicians & vocalists have pulled out of The Music Academy, Madras’s annual music festival after it announced that TM Krishna would be honoured with the Sangita Kalanidhi.
TM Krishna being conferred with Sangita Kalanidhi title has led Carnatic musicians to boycott the academy's annual conference. Hurt Brahmin sentiments are now playing the victim card.
M.S. Gopalakrishnan, popularly known as MSG, was part of the holy trinity of violinists who played Carnatic music and was also well-versed in Hindustani Classical music.
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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