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.

Bhakti poet Andal, Marathi mystic Dhyaneshwar and Tamil poet Subramania Bharati have all used birds as rich metaphorical ...

She explained how Mohiniyattam typically uses Carnatic music in a soft and ... comparing it to ‘the devil’s note’ in Western music. Krishna discussed the idea of raga bhava meaning different ...