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TM Krishna: “Artistes are committing suicide due to a lack of income"

June 27, 2020 7:54 pm

The Carnatic musician and author on the need for a programme similar to NREGA for the art community to help them tide over economic hardship due to COVID-19

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Performing arts in the hot zone: Covid 19 leaves many artistes gasping for relief

May 22, 2020 2:57 pm

With the extended lockdown leading to a financial and cultural crisis for several performing artistes, renowned names come together to support those hanging by the thread

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The Rest is Not Noise

April 26, 2020 9:38 am

An unusual piece of writing on music, TM Krishna’s new book captures the issues of caste and purity that underlie the tradition of making and playing the mrdangam

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TM Krishna interview: 'Creating art is an act of activism'

February 16, 2020 5:29 pm

Carnatic vocalist T M Krishna on his new book, Sebastian and Sons, on mrdangam makers and steering through the tricky terrain of caste politics.

It is poetic justice, indeed, that in 2020 an auditorium named after M S Subbulakshmi is hosting the release of the book 'Sebastian and Sons', on the Mridangam makers. Had Rukmini Devi Arundale or MS been alive now, both of them would have tweeted in support of the path-breaking book.

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Young people have made national anthem, Preamble cultural ideas, hats off to them: TM Krishna

January 17, 2020 11:58 am

"I think the cardinal mistake the government of India has made is attacking students. That’s what has brought students together. It has woken up a lot of the young, middle-class people of India into the realities of the government we have today."

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Songs of inclusivity marked the death anniversary of activist Safdar Hashmi

January 02, 2020 9:23 am

Titled “Jashn-e-Suroor”, a day of dissent, through music comprising songs that defined the idea of India’s resistance and protest poetry, it was organised by Sahmat, the Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust, on Wednesday, to commemorate the death anniversary of activist-playwright Hashmi.

T M Krishna claims 'discrimination' of arts during Modi-Xi summit in Mahabalipuram

October 12, 2019 11:44 am

Modi-Xi summit: The Chinese President arrived in Chennai on Friday to participate in an informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Song For the Valley

August 08, 2019 3:22 pm

“I was feeling terribly gutted over the last two days. Something very fundamental about the beauty of this country seemed taken away," says TM Krishna.

Carnatic vocalist TM Krishna recites 'Postcard from Kashmir' poem as J-K clampdown continues

August 07, 2019 5:07 pm

The poem was read out against the backdrop of communications links -- mobile, internet, landline and broadband - remaining cut off in the Valley.

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Organisers allegedly cancel TM Krishna concert after a campaign by right-wing trolls

June 22, 2020 6:11 pm

He was called an “anti-national”, a “converted bigot” and an “urban naxal” by trolls. But Airports Authority of India, one of the organisers, has said the “postponement” is not because of trolls.