Lessons from a T.M. Krishna concert
I received some information last week from PJN about a concert that was happening at ISB by T. M. Krishna. I knew of T. M. Krishna, the activist, and had briefly listened to his music on Spotify but never really paid much attention. I decided to attend this concert out of curiosity and also because I thought my wife, a trained carnatic singer, would enjoy it. It would also be a good outing for my music-loving mom who was visiting us. I will try to keep this short but when people say "I am not political" or "I keep politics out of my work", it is not really the flex that people think it is. Why I say this will be apparent in a bit. T.M. Krishna started off with a Tyagaraja composition that is not sung very often. It was immediately apparent that we were in the presence of a top-class musician. I am an amateur western classical pianist. I attended some carnatic concerts as a child but found them boring. I preferred western classical music which is rich in harmony an...