The M S Phenomenon by Gowri Ramnarayan
“WE walked 30 miles to hear you today but arrived only at the very end. We waited in the hope of offering our respects to you before returning to our village.”
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Forever in MS blue
Vandyke Brown, Titian Red, MS Blue… one of the unexpected achievements of MS Subbulakshmi, the great Carnatic singer, who passed away on Saturday in Chennai, was in being one of the few people to have a colour named after her, and certainly, the only singer…
Times of India Editorial – Meera Lives On in Voice of Bhakti
Indian art has one overriding purpose: to achieve communion with the Divine for salvation. Whatever the art form, it is an offering to the Almighty.
The Hindu Editorial – Once in an Epoch
HERE ARE RELATIVELY few creative people about whom it can be said, without exaggeration, that their achievement is likely to have a following a hundred years from now.
Parliament homage to M.S.
Parliament began its proceedings today with an obituary reference to the renowned Carnatic music exponent, Bharat Ratna M.S. Subbulakshmi, who died in Chennai on Saturday.
Truly the nightingale of India
The Vice-President, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat; the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh; the Lok Sabha Speaker, Somnath Chatterjee; the Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, and other top leaders of the country today mourned the passing away of the music icon, M.S. Subbulakshmi, in Chennai on Saturday.
Queen of Song
Thursday was MS Subbulakshmi’s 94th birth anniversary. She has been gone for nearly six years now, leaving a huge void in the lives of thousands of worshippers of her grand music and her near divine aura.
Muthu Chettiar
MS Blue was the name given to a distinctive shade of blue, inky yet iridescent and shot through with black and green highlights, that was used in saris woven specially for her by Kancheepuram Muthu Chettiyar, a fan who was also a sari merchant.
MS Amma – An Analysis of Her Music
MS Amma was not only a bhakti-oriented musician but also one who had her basic techniques right. In Tamil parlance, her method could be called “sariyaana vazhi”. What was the foundation behind this “sariyaana vazhi?” one is tempted to ask.
HER LIFE
This chronological presentation on M.S. Subbulakshmi is a work in progress. We have attempted to provide a perspective that provides a framework for the content given in the rest of the website This section of the site will continue to grow and improve as we find articles, pictures and recording of interest. We look to visitors to help us with this effort by sending in any pictures and recordings they may have and wish to share... more
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Muthu ChettiarDecember 3, 2020 - 3:34 am
MS Amma – An Analysis of Her MusicDecember 3, 2020 - 3:27 am
Interview of MS by Mani KrishnaswamiDecember 3, 2020 - 3:25 am
Brindavan to Dwaraka – Meera’s pilgrimageDecember 2, 2020 - 6:32 pm
The making of Meera – Full of technical innovationsDecember 2, 2020 - 6:26 pm
