Launch of the Unruly Bodies Art Exhibition
Tamil, Sanskrit and Hindi.
When I see Hindustani or Desi classical music; I think of Kabir.
As my friend Arjun reminds me; it’s actually Carnatic music and the musician is so so good.
Qawwali in Chennai
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
Friday, 6 November 2026Since December 2010 · 4,169 posts · 93,898 comments
it’s fascinating the Indus Hindus suffered tremendously through Partition but they did become the soft elite of modern day India..
Oh yes! Good observation. Though the trauma didn’t make them bitter as one might have expected. They worked hard and rebuilt their lives from scratch.
it’s also an idea that displaced economic elites can regrow very quickly..
Carnatic music I think is an acquired taste. Though it does grow on one. I’m beginning to appreciate MS Subbalakshmi’s suprabhatam very gradually.
TM Krishna had gotten into a controversy not long ago. Looks like it died a natural death.
I have his book