Message from THE HINDU
Requiem for Ramachandran As we had noted in this column a couple of weeks ago, the most significant reason for the survival and success of Carnatic music in the culturally volatile modern world is the inherent harmony between the orthodox devotional spirit of the traditional music and the basic moral attitude of the majority of […]
An adventure called Hamsadhwani
Once upon a time, say 40 or 50 years ago, lovers of Carnatic music in Chennai (sorry, Madras!) had no great difficulty in reaching and returning home from prestigious sabhas like Krishna Gana Sabha and Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha in T.Nagar, Mylapore Fine Arts Club and Rasika Ranjani Sabha in Mylapore, and Parthasarathy Swami Sabha […]
Hamsadhwani Launch August 1990
Hamsadhwani was launched on 18 August 1990 to cater to music lovers living in the Adyar area of Chennai. R. Ramachandran, a founder-member who christened it Hamsadhwani and who is also one of its secretaries, feels it has done exceedingly well in fulfilling its objective of promoting classical music and he is proud of the […]