Book Review: Reshaping Art by T.M. Krishna

Reshaping Art by T.M. Krishna Publisher: Aleph Book Company, 2018 | ISBN 978-93-86021-97-7 The Karnatik music artist Thodur Madabusi Krishna, popularly known as T.M. Krishna (TMK), has been in the news for reasons More...

Carnatic music: Fighting the Hijack

A recent statement by a group of activists, writers, and some artists, speciously titled “reclaiming our heritage,” purports to defend freedom of speech and artistic expression in the context of the recent flap More...

Critiquing the theory of 19th century Nationalist revival of Carnatic Music

Late last year, I had the unique opportunity to teach a course in Cultural Studies to students of music at a reputed university in Bangalore. Music students, who are often also performers, are unaccustomed to such More...

On the passing of the Ayyas

In the aftermath of the recent incident over attacks on Brahmins in Tamil Nadu, one can think of many things to say and write. One could write about the history of the Dravidian movement and its unique focus on More...