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Veejay Sai

ARTICLES BY VEEJAY SAI

Jayanthi Kumaresh playing the Saraswati veena. Photo: Veejay Sai

The reigning divas of Carnatic music

3 min read . 09 Feb 2018

N. Ravikiran in his music room. Photo: Nathan G./Mint

Chennai Margazhi season: the high notes

6 min read . 15 Dec 2017

A scene from ‘Kaisiki Natakam’. Photo: Vivek Mariappan

Performance as prayer: the ‘Kaisiki’ journey

6 min read . 09 Dec 2017

Wajid Ali Shah. Courtesy Lakshmi G Joshi

The last song of Awadh

3 min read . 01 Dec 2017

Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee engineering his sitar. Photo: Courtesy Veejai Sai

Budhaditya Mukherjee: Stradivari of the sitar

4 min read . 04 Nov 2017

The Purab Ang style of music became synonymous with Girija Devi. Photo: HT

Remembering Girija Devi, the queen of thumri

3 min read . 27 Oct 2017

Parvatikar (left) teaching music to Rajendra Prasad. Photo: Courtesy Pramila Deshmukh (Courtesy Pramila Deshmukh)

Dattatreya Parvatikar: The musician as a mystic

4 min read . 06 Oct 2017

M.S. Subbulakshmi at her historic United Nations concert on 23 October 1966. Courtesy Krishnamoorthy

M.S. Subbulakshmi: The woman who built bridges with her music

3 min read . 16 Sep 2017

U. Shrinivas. Photos: Courtesy Krishnamurthy.

The making of a musical prodigy

5 min read . 01 Sep 2017

Veena Dhanammal’s legacy lives on, with her style, popular as the “Dhanammal Baani”, continuing to enthrall music lovers,

Veena Dhanammal: the grand matron of Carnatic music

4 min read . 18 Aug 2017

A scene from Surabhi Nataka Mandali’s famous production Sri Krishna Leelalu.

Surabhi Nataka Mandali: The last of the Company Theatre troupes

4 min read . 05 Aug 2017

Spic Macay: The banyan tree of Indian culture

3 min read . 07 Jul 2017

Tanjore Balasaraswati performing in Delhi in 1970. Photo: Marilyn Silverstone

Tanjore Balasaraswati: The empress of Bharatanatyam

3 min read . 17 Jun 2017

In 1961, the posts and telegraphs department released a special commemoration stamp on Tyagaraja. Photo: Courtesy Veejay Sai

The timelessness of Tyagaraja

5 min read . 26 May 2017

Arushi Mudgal is one of the stars of modern Odissi.

The next generation of dancing stars

5 min read . 22 Apr 2017

A Saraswati veena. Photo: Rajinder Wadhwa/Dinodia

The autumn of the veena

7 min read . 07 Apr 2017

A file photo of Hindustani vocalist Kishori Amonkar. Photo: Hindustan Times

Kishori Amonkar: The last Hindustani Prima Donna

3 min read . 05 Apr 2017

A file photo of Jayalalithaa. Photo Courtesy: Veejay Sai, Balakrishna

Tribute: Jayalalitha’s love for the classical arts

3 min read . 09 Dec 2016

Subbulakshmi with singer Lakshmi Shankar (from left), actor-dancer Vyjayanthimala Bali, Lata Mangeshkar and daughter Radha Vishwanathan, in 1994 in Chennai.

M.S. Subbulakshmi—the star Indian cinema forgot

5 min read . 12 Nov 2016

Subbulakshmi giving her acceptance speech after receiving the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1974 in Manila, Philippines.

Lives Subbulakshmi touched through charity

4 min read . 29 Oct 2016