Carnatic Music

Essays

Maha Vaidyanatha Shivan and Pattanam Subramania Iyer: Nuggets from a Musical Friendship

Maha Vaidyanatha Shivan and Pattanam Subramania Iyer: Nuggets from a Musical Friendship

Pattanam Subramania Iyer and Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan shared a mellow friendship underscored by music.

The Musical Milieu of Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan

The Musical Milieu of Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan

A unique feature of Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan's voice was that it never needed any practice.

Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan: Music of the Spirit

Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan: Music of the Spirit

The Art of Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan, one of the greatest musical geniuses the world has ever known.

Christianising Carnatic Classical Music: The Madras Enablers of Cultural Appropriation

Christianising Carnatic Classical Music: The Madras Enablers of Cultural Appropriation

And just as I had predicted, the Ideological Iyengar has exploded in his naked, phoney fury and revealed himself in full technicolour craziness. Don’t take my word for it. Check his own tweet. Thodur Madabusi Krishna’s metamorphosis from merely being an Ideological Iyengar to a cultural hoodlum is