The proposed award of Sangita Kalanidhi title to T.M.Krishna and his consequent presidency of the music conference in December, 2024 has become very controversial, and deservedly so.
T.M.Krishna has been saying that Carnatic music is in the vice-like grip of Brahmins and as such is not inclusive. He has held the Music Academy, Chennai also responsible for this. As if doing amends for this ignoble collusion, the Music Academy has decided to honour TMK. (Of course, there is no denying the musical genius of TMK. His music deserves the award and much more.)
Being a fan of TMK for his magnificent music, I go by TMK logic. I suspect that the Iyengar President (N.Murali) of the Music Academy has chosen to honour an Iyengar musician . (In addition to being of the same caste, both of them possess the names of Krishna.) The incestuous relationship between the two goes further in that TMK is a contributor to The Hindu wherein he is given unrestricted freedom to propagate his views on all issues. (Trichur brothers have sought equal access to The Hindu.)
By accepting the award, the musician is creating one more illustration of the non-inclusive nature of the Music Academy. So far, TMK has not declined the award. He would not decline because the duo seem to have conspired to engineer a coup to herald the return of the musician to the Academy.
TMK has boycotted the Music Academy for the past eight years because of its "non-inclusive" nature . Many musicians feel that rewarding his boycott with an award that includes Presidentship of the Conference is an insult to them. TMK has spoken insultingly on various musicians who in his opinion exhibited Brahmin qualities as defined by him. The revered M.S.Subbulakshmi also attracts his ire and ridicule because though a non-Brahmin, she was fair-skinned and therefore, in TMK's opinion, she was accepted by the Brahmin group. What a lofty thought!
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