THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: After Chennai’s Kalakshetra Foundation denied him permission to release his book ‘Sebastian and Sons: A Brief History of Mridangam Makers’ at its auditorium, Carnatic vocalist and social activist T M Krishna unveiled it on Friday in Thiruvananthapuram at the Ka – Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters.
“I believe Kalakshetra lost a wonderful opportunity to be a part of the attempt to celebrate the lives of Mridangam makers. It’s their loss,” he said. Kalakshetra withdrew permission for the launch after Krishna published excerpts from the book, which cited beef-eating practices in the Vedic period and the killing and skinning of cows for making Mridangams played by Brahmins. The foundation pointed out that the content of the book would instigate political, cultural and social disharmony, and asserted that as an institution under the Union ministry of culture, it has to keep away from such controversies.
The official launch will be held at the Asian College of Journalism in Chennai on February 2, said Krishna. “I see this book as a celebration of people… a celebration of Mridangam makers. It’s a complicated book… a book which will trouble people of privileged classes, especially Brahmins… But I don’t see a problem in anything I have said in this book. These are things we need to think about,” he said.
“I believe Kalakshetra lost a wonderful opportunity to be a part of the attempt to celebrate the lives of Mridangam makers. It’s their loss,” he said. Kalakshetra withdrew permission for the launch after Krishna published excerpts from the book, which cited beef-eating practices in the Vedic period and the killing and skinning of cows for making Mridangams played by Brahmins. The foundation pointed out that the content of the book would instigate political, cultural and social disharmony, and asserted that as an institution under the Union ministry of culture, it has to keep away from such controversies.
The official launch will be held at the Asian College of Journalism in Chennai on February 2, said Krishna. “I see this book as a celebration of people… a celebration of Mridangam makers. It’s a complicated book… a book which will trouble people of privileged classes, especially Brahmins… But I don’t see a problem in anything I have said in this book. These are things we need to think about,” he said.
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