May2016

Yuva Sangeetha Lahari

Guhan Venkataraman

The Unsung Heroine

The old Sanskrit prayer goes: Matha, Pitha, Guru, Deivam. One day, I will lose my guru. And that day, along with her, the world will lose some Deivam. Smt. Ranganayaki Rajagopalan is more than a guru to me. She is a caretaker and a soldier, a giver and a fighter, …more

Vignesh Venkataraman - Mridangam

Peeling the Onion and Piercing the Veil

‘Music is like an ocean’ might be one of the most fundamentally overused cliches around, but there is aptness in the saying. I personally prefer my own pet phrase, ‘music is like an onion’ – the hidden meanings here are, I feel, more nuanced and subtle. Like an onion, music …more