Refreshing article after all those stinky political forums. Sobha , thanks for the article .. And u r coming up with some real good articles like Captain Harshan's one which gave me goose bumps .. And also a regular reader of your blogs .. why cant u be a regular in blogs anyway?? I love Mylapore, though iam not a brahmin and not religious , i would love to say the Iyer sorroundings are clean and refreshing with sweet aroma.... And vocal music added, oops ....
RE:Thanks Sobha
by Chola The Greatest in the Universe on Oct 06, 2007 05:51 PM Permalink
Due to economic reasons Iyers in Mylapore turned more into business and become victims of mindless wealth-chasers like any other community.
Now a days it rare to see an environment you have mentioned. Only flats costing crores and poarch bunglows dominate Mylapore and Mandaivelli, Unfortunately. Only Iyers are to be blamed and no one else.
But this one is a good initiative from Sundaram Finance. It will definitely help exploring more talents.
It was interesting to note about morning kacheri in Chennai. However, this practice was started at Cubbon Park in Bangalore several years back and is still continuing. The only difference is in Bangalore, it is not only children but also adults perform in those concerts - Reshma
RE:Morning Kacheri in Chennai
by rajeev nair on Sep 11, 2007 07:09 PM Permalink
Never saw that there Reshma... I doubt any followers for purandara dasa in Karnataka, but a lot u can see in tamilnadu for him and Tyagaraja and Muthuswamy deekshithar .. I dont undertsand why kannadigas lost interest in Carnatic music but Tamilians and Mallus still go for it ..
RE:RE:Morning Kacheri in Chennai
by rajeev nair on Sep 12, 2007 12:59 PM Permalink
chanakya,,, Carnatic music's father is purandara dasa a kannadiga.. Get ur facts right ..
It was refreshing to have such beautiful article , hearing music in natural tone early in the morning. Next time when I visit madras, will make a point to relish it.
