“Why The Sangita Kalanidhi Is Incomplete Without K J Yesudas”, Swarajya, March 01, 2026

“In the late 1970s, the Carnatic music world was enduring a precarious existence. The greats of the art were seemingly on the way out, and fresh new talents were not emerging in the way that would have felt comforting.

The problem was that to the uninitiated youngsters of that era, the kutcheri (concert) platform felt like a fortress. It was venerable, grey, and guarded by a complex grammar that seemed designed to exclude rather than invite.

Things changed in the following four or five years, and by the 1990s, Carnatic music was looking up. Newer talents with fresh ideas began arriving, and the art form is now filled with enterprising youngsters with the promise to take it to frontiers the technology-driven world offers…..”

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