Topic started by KVS Sharma (@ 203.200.144.82) on Mon Oct 23 01:14:02 .
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Why is GENDER BIAS prevalent in carnatic music?
This gives a primitive look to the CARANATIC MUSIC ART.
Female Violinists of high caliber like Narmada (d/o MSG), Bangalore Dr. Jyotsna Srikanth,
Bombay Gayatri, Bombay Ranjani etc are in no way less talented to their male (violinist)
counterparts.
Upcoming artists like TNS Krishna, Unnikrishna, Sanjay Subramanyam etc.,
Who are still in their initial decades of their performing careers have already picked
up these (wrong) clues/samskaarams from their Gurus/Parents.
Its better that these civilized artistes read torchbearers know that they were borne by a lady even before they were born. Let them not continue this hypocritical legacy of what I call as a
Karaikudi-Mani-Iyer-Legacy of not sharing the dais with a female.
God knows the funda of this philosophy. Let them also then say that they would not
perform for lady audience. Oops! Then their career is at stake.
This country which boasts of a rich culture, implicitly meaning that we treat ladies
like mothers & daughters, now has artist who do not take female artists for accompaniment.
I suggest we should take legal actions against gender-biasing-artists who are the
torchbearers of this nation's cultural heritage.


ANY TAKERS?
KVS SHARMA

Responses:

• From: Shyam (@ nandi3.lsa.berkeley.edu) on: Wed Oct 25 20:27:10 EDT 2000
  
  I did not realize that TM Krishna was like that. I have many concerts where Gayatri has accompanied him on the violin. How did you jump to this conclusion?
  
  
• From: Nadopasaka (@ aeppp36.buffnet.net) on: Wed Oct 25 22:15:25 EDT 2000
  
  There seems to be a concentration of female interest in the veena as opposed to relative male indifference, and this might be a growing one, over the last 30 years.
  
  
• From: narayanan (@ 194.193.249.33) on: Thu Oct 26 05:48:52 EDT 2000
  
  Karaikudi mani has accompanied DK Pattammal many times and PMI has accompanied DKP, MSS and MLV.
  
  
• From: Ramanathan (@ tnt20-a-222.focal-chi.corecomm.net) on: Thu Oct 26 11:01:49 EDT 2000
  
  Shyam, I Think the gentleman was referring to TNS Krishna, son of TN Seshagopalan and not TM Krishna. But yes, like you I too am surprised at some of the sweeping conclusions!! :-)
  
  
• From: Shyam (@ chaikoff6.lsa.berkeley.edu) on: Thu Oct 26 14:48:39 EDT 2000
  
  Oh..
  Sorry about me jumping to that conclusion!! (:
  Shyam
  
  

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