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A S Ajith Kumar

Yesudas:The Aura/l

K J Yesudas was already there as an integral part of the world I was born into. While slowly and un-steadily making sense of the world around I discovered that there is a man living in our singing box, the radio, singing non-stop for us. Over the years I have liked and disliked many of [...]

A S Ajith Kumar

A R Rahman and Mylapore Blues

The popularity of the Airtel ringtone brought a new `audience’ to the Indian music scene. Airtel claimed that in 2009, Airtel users completed over 200 million music downloads. Wall Street Journal reported that it is “mobile, not net that drives Indian Music Sales. Sales of ringtones and songs on phones already make [...]

A S Ajith Kumar

SMS Communities:The Cas(t)e of Star Singers

Amidst all the opulence and glitter caste has always been there in most of the reality shows in Malayalam television channels. It was always-already present, difficult to render invisible. But, till the grand finale of the Star Singer show’s season four in Asianet, it hadn’t showed up in such proportions [...]

A S Ajith Kumar

Devouring the Wretched Dalit

What does one expect from a dalit autobiographical narration? Is it the misery and suffering that make our writings enjoyable? These questions have been coming up when I consider the responses to my posts in fish pond.

When I started writing “jukebox diaries” the intention has been to [...]

Padmakumar

The Caste Raga

This photograph in Matrubhumi Daily evokes the experiences related to caste and music gurus narrated by renowned vocalist siblings Jayan and Vijayan, in the memoirs about their guru Chembai Vaidyanatha Bagavathar. (JayaVijaya, Chembai:Sangeethavum Jeevitavum, Kottayam, D C Books, 1981, pp 80-85)

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