Mischievous Happenings in the Music World | Chitravina Ravikiran, Prof G Desiraju, Dr Ranjani Vasuki

Notwithstanding the mischiefs of the Madras Music Academy in terms of sidelining top class musicians from the neighbouring states, the recent one announcing the Sangita Kalanidhi to TM Krishna has revealed a new nadir. This has led to some bold decisions by stalwarts like Sri Chitraveena Ravikiran (Twiiter: @ravikiranmusic) returning the Sangita Kalanidhi back to the Academy. T M Krishna is a symptom of a larger malaise.
In this brief chat we get his personal perspectives along with the viewpoints of Dr. Ranjani Vasuki, another performing vocalist of high repute, Prof. Desiraju (@gautamdesiraju) a connoisseur of classical music who himself denied accepting the Bhatnagar Award some 30 years back. We also talk about the issues that are currently experienced in the art arena.

The panel is moderated by Prof V Ramanathan (Twitter: @vraman16), a Rasika himself, who has critiqued the first book written by T. M. Krishna.

Chitraveena Ravikiran @ravikiranmusic who returned his Sangita Kalanidhi award to the Madras Music Academy with this statement: "I’ve taken this step after careful consideration as principles much larger than all of us are at stake. However I’ll always remain deeply grateful to the org for its role in my career from childhood."
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11:44 TM Krishna - just propagandist
12:06 Music is part of Sanathana Dharma
13:23 TMK’s politics in the garb of activism
14:10 nip it in the bud
15:57 Indian Classical music is rooted in sanatana dharma
16:05 Five faces , five notes
16:32 Cannot divide Indian classical music from its cultural and Sanatana Dharma context
17:06 Bhairavi, Todi, Mohana /Bhupala
18:05 Why did the Madras Music Academy decide the award so soon ( Feb/Mar) this year?
31:50 Caste in music?
36:05 Tyagaraja Swami and Ananda Bhairavi Raga
41:01 Artists from other states were ignored
43:07 what is the way forward?
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Social media of Panelists:
https://ravikiranmusic.com/
www.desiraju.in
Subscribe | Ranjani Vasuki's Youtube channel:    / @ranjunagaraj  
Prof V Ramanathan's Medium Blog critiquing TM Krishna: The Karnatik story’   / a-critique-of-a-southern-music-the-karnati...  
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Opening shloka recited by Prof Ramanathan :
nāda-tanum aniśam śaṅkaraṁ namāmi me manasā śirasā
modakara-nigamottama-sāmaveda-sāram vāram vāram
sadyojātādi-pañcavaktraja-sarigamapadhani-vara-sapta-svara-
-vidyā-lolaṁ vidalita-kālaṁ vimala-hṛdaya-tyāgarāja-pālam

Closing shloka recited by Prof Ramanathan:
गुणैरुत्तुङ्गतायाति नोत्तुङ्गेनासनेन वै
प्रासादशिखरस्थोऽपि काको न गरुडायते
Guṇairuttungatāyāti nottungenāsanena vai
Prāsādaśikharastopi kāko na garuḍāyate
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Mischievous Happenings in the Music World | Chitravina Ravikiran, Prof G Desiraju, Dr Ranjani Vasuki, Prof V Ramanathan
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