'One would always see the guru in D K Pattammal'

Lakshmi Viswanathan, well-known dancer and author of the book Kunjamma -- Ode to a Nightingale on M S Subbulakshmi, knew the legendary Carnatic singer D K Pattammal, who passed away on Thursday,......

'Pattammal had so much ability and humility'

Dr Balamurali Krishna, a Carnatic music legend, remembers D K Pattammal, another legend and a trail-blazer who passed into the ages on Thursday As she was much senior to me, I grew up listening to......

Tribute: The violin falls silent

It was five years ago that I spent an evening with Lalgudi Jayaraman, but the music still rings in my ears and the images are still fresh in my memory, writes Shobha WarrierBlessed were those......

Balance sheet of our musical wealth seems in peril

All of a sudden, in the space of some weeks, the nation seems to be running up a deficit on its cultural capital. In rapid succession we have lost theatre personalities like Habib Tanvir and......