![]() With the context of Hindustani music as the backdrop, I did not understand why some people were so angry with him. I do not know much about the history of Carnatic music or even about TM Krishna’s own battles with those who control the classical music scene in Chennai. I can give you a laundry list of poets, writers, musicians, but let’s move to another point. ![]() Muslims have celebrated the culture of the land - be it of Hindu origin or Islamic. But it is emphatically not so when we come to the world of arts, letters, music and poetry. The cleric, who often doubles as politician, is the stereotype rammed down our throats. This is a particularly important point to drive home in the context of culture wars, as it is the Muslim community that is accused of being insular and conservative. Forget the Hindi cinema example of Mohammad Rafi belting out the most exquisite bhajans, written by Shakeel Badayuni, set to music by Naushad, there are any number of Muslim classical musicians who have expressed high praise and devotion to Hindu gods.īollywood has a long and glorious history of Muslim artistes celebrating the Hindu divine. In the world of Hindustani classical music and Hindi cinema, we crossed that hump years ago - actually, it was not even a hump. I must confess to being utterly confused about why TM Krishna was being attacked for singing Muslim and Christian devotional songs.
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