CARNATIC songs accompanied by jazz drums and electric guitars are attracting youth the world over, making this classical art form cool to young audiences. Carnatic music is a South Indian system of ...

CHENNAI: In a house situated on the nondescript lanes of Jalladiampet, Sowbhagyalakshmi stays opposite a temple built for the late V V Sadapopan — carnatic music singer, composer and music ...

“Chal Chal Chal Chal”, go the anklets of the dancers, as they enter the hall to perform for Rasa’s class. The children are excited to see the story of Krishna and Yashodha unfold before them. After ...

Madras, some would say, is not just a place. It is a pace that begins with the milkman at 4am. It is a mindset and space. There are birdwatchers and tree-huggers (Madras Ramblings is a great blog on ...

Carnatic musicians in the southern Indian city of Chennai have often been accused of being elitist and upper caste. Their music is traditionally set to songs composed by Hindu devotional poets of the ...