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Reasons why Governor declined reading the Govt speech in the Assembly:

As the golden orb of the first sun of 2026 ascended, the venerable precincts of the Parthasarathy Swamy Sabha vibrated with a celestial resonance, marking a silver jubilee of s

There are evenings in the Margazhi season when art transcends performance and becomes quiet testimony. One such evening unfolded on Monday, 29th December 2025, at 5.30 p.m., at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore,

--Narasimhan VijayaraghavanFor a change, one chose not to sit in the audience but on the dias itself, flanking the performers on either side—close enough...

The rasika had not vanished. They had merely been waiting—for a reason to return, and for music worthy of calling them home.

As for the turnout, let us be charitable. The hall was… spacious. It would have taken a RaGa to fill it. Get it? Margazhi, however, is forgiving; empty chairs have heard great music before.

Free afternoon concerts were once crowded proving grounds for artistes on the cusp, with halls that quietly drained at dusk as ticketed celebrity evenings began—a ritual that signified abundance.

A subtle assertion lay beneath the surface. After a stirring Nrusimha-themed piece in Mohanam, the brothers spoke of the inseparability of sahityam and bhakti—a quiet but firm rejoinder

On Saturday, 20 December 2025, at four in the afternoon, the hall listened attentively to Dushyanth Sridhar—BITS Pilani alumnus, best-selling author, director of dance productions,

" Together, they watch the dark December clouds, wondering if their immortality is being preserved in a digital tomb—vast, accessible, and heartbreakingly cold.

And somewhere, one suspects, Subbudu would smile—because even AI, it turns out,however tonal perfect,  is not beyond criticism.And perfection itself is the cause!

Filter coffee, at least, did not disappoint. Strong, unsentimental, and utterly indifferent to turnout figures, it did its job. As I stood there, glass in hand, it struck me that the canteen had grasped a truth the sabhas seem to have missed: