BOOKS RELEASED
At a brief and simple function, Vidwan R.K.Srikantan Trust, Bangalore, released two books at the Music Academy, on December 28, in the morning session. The first book titled, `Music Criticism — Principles and Practice,' written by Dr. R. Sathyanarayana of Mysore, was released by N. Murali, president of the Music Academy, and the first copy was received by Gowri Ramnarayan, journalist and critic.
The second publication, `Hari Dasa Kirtana Rathna Mala' carries 20 Devaranamas of five Haridasas — Sripadaraya, Vyasaraya, Kanakadasa, Purandaradasa and Vijayadasa along with text, meaning, notation in Kannada, Tamil and English. The book, which also has a write-up on Haridasa and world culture, was released by T.K.Govinda Rao and the first copy was received by veena exponent Vidya Shankar. Vidwan Ramakanth welcomed the gathering and thanked the Music Academy. Vidwan Madurai T.N.Seshagopalan, president of the 80th annual conference was among those present on the occasion.
VIP in the audience
On the evening of December 30 at the Music Academy, there was a flutter in the crowd that had gathered as a world famous VIP trouped in with her security guard. Clad in an aesthetically designed elegant sari, it was none other than the CEO of Pepsico Worldwide, Indra Nooyi. It was Aruna Sairam's concert which this Chennai-born celebrity attended right from the word `go'.
In spite of her security guard signalling time out, she didn't budge and delayed the departure of her private jet out of Chennai, just to stay till the end of the concert. Incidentally, Indra Nooyi is Aruna's husband Sairam's cousin.
(Contributed by V. Balasubramanian)
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