T M Krishna Can No Longer Have The Cake And Eat It Too — Carnatic ‘Musicdom’ Stands Up For Itself
Last Sunday (17 March) when the exclusivist Music Academy announced its prestigious Sangita Kalanidhi award 2024 would be bestowed on agent provocateur and singer T M Krishna, many knew that it would open up the proverbial Pandora’s Box. But little would anyone have expected that it may set the tone for a ‘Carnatic war’, as it were. For, the disparate world of Carantic music in Chennai seems to be coming together for once and taking a stand against the conferring of the award on Krishna on the grounds that the controversial singer had far too often rode roughshod over the sentiments and sensibilities that are sacrosanct to the classical traditional music of these parts.
Read more at: https://swarajyamag.com/culture/t-m-krishna-can-no-longer-have-the-cake-and-eat-it-too-carnatic-musicdom-stands-up-for-itself
- 21 Mar 2024
- WerIndia
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