No shortcuts with music

meena · Post by **meena** » 02 Dec 2006, 05:17

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rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 02 Dec 2006, 05:26

NO SHORTCUTS WITH WRITING PIECES FOR THE NEWSPAPER EITHER
Kiran Seth, the author of this piece should be severely chastized for referring to DKP as 'the late Carnatic Vocalist D. K. Pattammal' - these idiots need to check their facts first - 'chAlIs sAl thak inko publish nahIn karnA dEnA - tAki yEh apnE statements kO acchI tarah confirm karnA sIkh sakE' - and the editor who was sleeping needs more than just a SLAP on the wrist...
Ravi

jayaram · Post by **jayaram** » 02 Dec 2006, 06:06

I am always amused when these 'northies' refer to Hindustani as 'Indian' music, while Carnatic is referred to as such. Obviously an indication of their ignorance - and quite a bit of arrogance too!

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 02 Dec 2006, 06:31

That ocassionally happens with HM...given that it is called hindustAni music, just like bharatanATyam gets mistaken for THE classical dance of India (and is even referred to as bhAratnATyam) - it is just ignorance...we should just let it be.
Ravi

srkris · Post by **srkris** » 02 Dec 2006, 19:21

jayaram wrote:I am always amused when these 'northies' refer to Hindustani as 'Indian' music!

It could be a mere generalization, given that Hindustani is more well known. When we can generalize all north indians as "these northies" and get away with it, it doesnt take long to figure out that they too can be forgiven for the same offense, I hope.

rasam · Post by **rasam** » 08 Dec 2006, 02:55

Pray, where in the article is hindustani music referred to as Indian music? The only point in the article where the term Indian music is used is:

"Indian classical musicians now reduce the alaap portion and quickly come to the composition ..."

An alaap(or alapana) is definitely an Indian music concept without being specific to the Hindustani or Carnatic genre. I think more than a case of ignorance or arrogance on the part of the writer, this is a case of paranoia on the part of the reader.