Comments
“It is the greatest book on any subject I have read,” said Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen launching A Southern Music: The Karnatik Story , a book by T. M. Krishna, a renowned Carnatic vocalist.
Krishna, through the book, has made a complex subject very easy to read, he said. In his maiden book published by Harper Collins, Krishna begins exploration of the Carnatic tradition with a fundamental question: what is music? Krishna provides an easy overview of the South Indian classical music.
He examines a number of issues that Carnatic music must face: questions of gender and caste, the role of religion and lyrics inspired by devotional sentiments, the diaspora and its relationship to ‘classical’ music and technology.
Comments
COMMENT NOW
Comments
Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.
We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of TheHindu Businessline and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.