Chapter 5 General environment and mood, the impetus Ranjani Govind Photos by Rudrapatnam S. Ramakanth The atmosphere at home in Mysore led Srikantan into the formal road for learning. Come Friday and Saturday, Krishna Sastry’s house would reverberate...
Of expressions in melody and gharanas - Ranjani Govind Hindustani expert Pt. Iman Das on stalwart gurus who shaped his artistic sensibilities to become a versatile musician. Ahead of his multi-city book release ‘Reimagining - One Nation One Music’ which he has...
An Ambassador to the Mysore baani - Ranjani Govind While Veena D Balakrishna was conferred the Sangeetha Kalarathna at the 52nd Music Conference of the Bangalore Gayana Samaja in October, the vainika also bagged the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for 2021...
Chapter 4 The birth of the star at Rudrapatna Ranjani Govind Photos by Rudrapatnam S. Ramakanth This house - in one of the four main streets at Brahmanara Beedi of Rudrapatna, (those were the days when streets were divided based on caste) - though seemed just as...
Kala Samvada – Smt. Padma Chittampalli : Documenting Legacy -Janani Murali Padma Chittampalli hails from a musical family in Mysore. Her father was a disciple of Mysore Vasudevachar and Tiger Varadachar. Her mother was a Tamil scholar. Padma and her sister...
Chapter 3 Kaveri (Cauvery) as a life force for Sanketis Ranjani Govind Photos by Rudrapatnam S. Ramakanth For the Telugu musical saint Bhadrachala Ramadas who sang ‘Adigo bhadradri, goutami idigo choodandi’ it must have been an inspiration as he reflected on the...