There once lived a man called Muthu along with his wife somewhere in the land of Tamil Nadu. Muthu grew up in…
This is a humble exploration of feminism in the popular Navavarnam musical work by Sri Muthuswamy Dikshitar on Goddess…
Saraswathi — Ragapedia 27
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 how it has been…
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 how it has been dealt within films. This post is about the ragam Anandabhairavi, a soothing and traditional ragam.
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…
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…