Today I ran into someone who claimed to have had a few years of formal training in Carnatic music. When I asked him if he would rate Tyagaraja’s “Endharo Mahanubhavulu” as a favorite kriti of his, he said, “What was that?” “Not even heard of it” was next response to the quizzical look on my face.
How can “years of formal training” in Carnatic music, and total ignorance of possibly the most famous Tyagaraja kriti go hand in hand? Probably a product of the Madrasi tradition of blindly forcing kids to take singing lessons in which they don’t have a wee bit of interest.
Thankfully though, I didn’t have to waste more time with him. Else I would have had to hear this: “But yeah, I know Tyagaraja. The person with the jilpa hairstyle, who sang ‘Manmadha Leelaiyai Vendraar‘…”
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LOL…
This is like the saying “Enn purushanum kutcheri ku pooran”…
~a.k.
and this is why the conservative mylapore bunch should not leave their thinnais and go to ameerica!!!
Dont do anything stupid like dying for georgebush and dont let your sons and daughters die for him either….
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Vatsan, this person is not an ABCD. He was a member of the bunch of “Conservative Mylaporeans” a year and a half ago.
I also know carnatic music but only to the extent of identifying a few obvious cinema songs. it is a value addition, you don’t need to know thyagarajar.
But did you take formal instruction?
yeah but that doesn’t really matter. Identifying raagam of cinema songs boosts eligible tambrahm bachelor image. Thtat’s the whole point of it all.