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VARIETY

| 2-minute read

Carnatic Music, A southern music the karnatik story, TM Krishna, Dailyrecco

Daily Recco, October 6: Read A Southern Music for fresh perspective on the Carnatic art form

TM Krishna's book has a certain scientific meticulousness to its structure that has something in it for everyone - from a layperson to a connoisseur.

Rajeshwari Ganesan

@rajeshwaridotg

ART & CULTURE

| 5-minute read

Carnatic Music, Casteism, Dissent, TM Krishna

Delhi will forever be grateful to TM Krishna for freeing our 'caged' minds

The reason why the audience turned up that day was to ensure that an artist’s voice is heard and discussed, and not silenced by vicious trolling.

@sayantansunnyg

ART & CULTURE

| 5-minute read

TM Krishna, Carnatic Music, Syncretism, Culture wars

TM Krishna: The concert and the questions

In choosing to sing of all gods with passion, Krishna has evoked an age-old Indian tradition. He’s also left his critics fuming, which is a wonderful note to strike.

@_sabanaqvi

POLITICS

| 4-minute read

Hindutva, Carnatic Music, Aruna sairam, TM Krishna

The right note: Carnatic music is not only for Hindus

Singers like TM Krishna, Srinivas and Nithyashree are facing flak from right-wing Hindu groups for singing Christian hymns in Carnatic styles. Some reject boundaries on their music though.

Lokpria Vasudevan

@Lokpria

ART & CULTURE

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TM Krishna, Casteism

How artists can help break the caste system

Musician TM Krishna says artists need to immerse themselves in diverse cultures and art forms.

@tmkrishna

POLITICS

| 5-minute read

Manual scavenging, Bezwada Wilson, TM Krishna, Caste

Tale of two dissenters - Bezwada Wilson and TM Krishna

One seeks transformation in the world of music, the other justice in the world of caste.

Shiv Visvanathan

@ShivVisvanathan

ART & CULTURE

| 3-minute read

Dalits, Carnatic Music, TM Krishna

Cultures are not bound by lines we draw on a map: TM Krishna's Magsaysay address

'Democracy demands that society's wealth, physical and cultural, be shared with openness, respect and love.'

@tmkrishna

ART & CULTURE

| 2-minute read

Music, TM Krishna, Carnatic Music

I'm bored reading yet another article on 'Brahminical' Carnatic music

Yeh kya double standard hai?

Renuka Narayanan

ART & CULTURE

| 4-minute read

Bharatanatyam, TM Krishna, Svanubhava

Why Svanubhava 2015 was special

Perhaps a first in the context of the arts in Chennai, the festival unleashed a brand new possibility in the space of festivals and their curation.

Akhila Krishnamurthy

ART & CULTURE

| 5-minute read

Chennai Music Season, Carnatic Music, TM Krishna

TM Krishna on why he won't sing in December sabha

The overall atmosphere is so commodified that listening has more or less vanished.

@tmkrishna