Mohanam — Ragapedia 25

an ever bright ragam that is magnificent

Mohanam — Ragapedia 25

Ragapedia is a series of posts I am writing, one Carnatic Raga per post, on my understanding of the ragam, carnatic compositions in that ragam and…

A genius called Dikshitar

a short note on Muthuswamy Diskitar

Romantic Ragas

Reethigowla, Kaapi, Behag (opinion piece)

I believe that ragas elicit certain emotions in you when you listen to them and each one has one emotional trait that is predominant. It is possible for song or songs with lyrics that carry a certain emotion…

ES Sankaranarayana Iyer

a carnatic composer of the 20th century

The Concert Phenomenon

Quirks and traits from a Carnatic concert

Tambaram V Sundaresan

As we know that the Carnatic fraternity predominantly passes on its skills in an oral tradition, giving rise to different schools of music (styles of singing) each with its own uniqueness and specialty, and musicians at each level of the hierarchy added something on their own and passed it…

Is copied art mine?

about an art of Saint Thyagaraja