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Margazhi with an AI twist: What does Madrasana have up its sleeve this year for the music season?

Margazhi with an AI twist: What does Madrasana have up its sleeve this year for the music season?

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Singer Abhishek Raghuram, and a cryptic AI-generated version of an image of artiste | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement “Try it with me once…just once. Once you see it, you can’t unsee it.” I don’t know if Madrasana founder Mahesh Venkateswaran is convincing me or himself, but colour me intrigued. He goes on, as if he’s […]

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Music on the streets of Mylapore: Why Carnatic vocalist Saketharaman is celebrating an age-old tradition

Music on the streets of Mylapore: Why Carnatic vocalist Saketharaman is celebrating an age-old tradition

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Narada gets off his father’s scooter, and high-fives Andal. It’s exactly 6 a.m. at Mada Street in Chennai’s Mylapore, and school children dressed as various mythological characters are getting ready to perform. Popular Carnatic vocalist Saketharaman gives them the cue, and the group begins walking along the road, singing ‘Margazhi Thingal’, a verse from the […]

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