Carnatic musicians in the southern Indian city of Chennai have often been accused of being elitist and upper caste. Their music is traditionally set to songs composed by Hindu devotional poets of ...

Margazhi 2024, however, has been sensational and melodramatic, making more noise than silence ever since the announcement of the Music Academy’s award to the leading Carnatic musician ...

It is that time of the year in Chennai when the city goes Carnatic. The December event, popularly called the Margazhi music season after the Tamil month, is only four years from completing a century.