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'Ghatam' Karthick on Madras
Aug 23, 2012
The unique rhythm of Madras is blend of the classical and contemporary, the devotional and the raucus, says S. Karthick, Ghatam exponent. With Karthick dishing out a special segment on expletives and a rapid rhythm cycle on the ghatam, V. Ganesan of The Hindu got an earful. Read the story here - http://thne.ws/SsodNi
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Ghatam Kartick is wrong to say that a carnatic musician needs to be accepted in Chennai before they are appreciated elsewhere.
The Carnatic music originated in Karnataka and Andhra and there are plenty of India Americans who have great rasikas and imense knowledge of Carnatic Music.
This guy seems to have puerile and narrow attitude to people who like Carnatic Music