Ustad Allauddin Khan Sangeet Academy

June 20, 2006

This is an unedited version of a piece that appeared in the Times of India, Mumbai, Februay 25, 2004 Renaming institutions to ostensibly bring back lost glory and to weed out foreign elements in Indian society has been a favourite pastime of the saffron brigade. The recent move to rechristen the Ustad Allauddin Khan Sangeet [...]

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Culture policy

June 20, 2006

This is an unedited version of a piece that appeared in the DNA, Mumbai, February 18, 2006 Come January and arts’ circles are abuzz with rumours about possible Padma awardees.  Not before long, hopes and anxieties are met or put to rest, when the headlines carry the final list of awardees.  And the government makes [...]

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The Reality of the Accompanist

June 20, 2006

This article was first published in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol XLI No.21, May 27-June 2, 2006  Lakshmi Subramanian’s article (EPW, April 8-14, 2006) on the role of the accompanist in the larger aesthetic of Indian music presented a fresh look at the issue, particularly so, after the now media-sensationlised and much-hyped ‘Shanmukhananda Hall’ episode.  [...]

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Indian musicians and organisers overseas

May 14, 2006

This is an unpublished response to an article that appeared in the Times of India in March 2006 The Times of India, Mumbai, on April 3, 2006, carried a thought-provoking article by Bella Jaisinghani bringing into sharp focus the issue of work-related injuries that musicians could suffer from. However, Jaisinghani’s article published on March 26, 2006 [...]

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