The work is a remarkable attempt to spot the elephant in the room that others before barely noticed. Perhaps even less than what Pushpavanam gave to MS. Vasantakokilam, Rukmini Arundale, Begum Akhtar, Rajam Pushpavanam, and others – make the work an attempt at contextualising their lives in MS’s as much as it is about situating hers in theirs.Īs the fifth book on MS, none might have given it much of a chance to say anything that had already not been said. Subbulakshmi, is a compelling portrayal of how twentieth-century women, MS included, defeated the odds to become the most celebrated names in Carnatic music – a field perceived as a den of Brahminism and patriarchy.Ĭoncise yet charming sketches on the lives of other woman musicians and artistes of the time – from Veena Dhanammal and Saraswati Bai to T. Rich in delightful nuggets like this, late Keshav Desiraju’s Of Gifted Voice: The Life and Art of M.S. Of Gifted Voice: The Life and Art of M.S.
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