The last days of Srinivasa Sastri were spent in his home “Swaagatham” in Mylapore, Madras… in one of the oldest, most historically well-known quarters of the city (now known as Chennai). Mylapore was indeed one of the oldest and culturally richest parts of Madras, known for its temples, classical music, and Tamil and Sanskrit scholarship.Continue reading “The Rt.Hon’ble Srinivasa Sastri’s memory and legacy… (Part-19): Last days in Mylapore…”
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Will the Madras Music Academy be “vikshith” in the year 2047?
The year 2024 could well be a watershed moment for modern India. There is amongst many sections of our people today an exciting Vision of India as “Vikshith Bharath 2047” i.e. a country in the comity of nations of the world recognized at last as fully developed in the centenary year of our Independence. TheContinue reading “Will the Madras Music Academy be “vikshith” in the year 2047?”
The Bileful “Bilahari” of T M Krishna on a baleful icon
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/93ytaACSkJAHfEVR/?mibextid=w8EBqM In this Bileful Bilahari piece above , our Sangitha Kalanidhi designate, Sriman Thodur Madabushi Krishna offers “mangalaasaasanam”, “pottri paadal” and hosanna to the great patriarch of Dravidianism, E V Ramaswamy Naicker, the man whose Baleful motto in life is etched even today in stone epigraphy outside the Sankara Muttam in Kanchipuram and outside theContinue reading “The Bileful “Bilahari” of T M Krishna on a baleful icon”