Abhishek Raghuram MA Dec 26 2013

Rajagopalan_V · Post by **Rajagopalan_V** » 13 Jan 2014, 18:35

Hello all, I had bumped into Veejay Sai @ The Hindu Lit Fest yesterday. Asked him if I could talk to him briefly about this review. He readily agreed.

Asked him the three questions that most of us have been debating here for a while now --

1. //Abhishek next began a slow alapana, which remained ambiguous in its structure. It wasn’t a while before one realised that he was actually singing Simhendramadhyamam// Asked him what prompted him to say this. He basically reiterated the same and said the pidis/sancharas did not actually convey the raga lakshana till some point in time. This according to him was not on. "You can't keep the audience guessing and it definitely wasn't Simhendramadhyamam".

2. //The fourth and final piece was an elaborate RTP in Khamas. Abhishek over-stretched his alapana for almost half an hour, often repeating phrases and wandering into the notes of Behag, at an odd occasion. While notes in both the scales do overlap, a singer of his smartness can afford to exercise restraint.// "Again what Abhishek did here was a mistake. It wasn't a calculated/intended srutibedham but an unintended slip into Behag" according to him. "Someone of his calibre should have done much better than this"!

3. //While Abhishek is certainly a gifted artist for his age, for now, the recall effect from his music is obscured by his gimmickry. High on technique, low on music and zero on aesthetic, to sum it all up.// When asked if he still fully stands by his remark of "zero on aesthetic" or wants to take some parts of it back(

), he said "yes, I stand by it fully and emphatically. Zero on aesthetics indeed!"

Went on to remark that when a legend like GNB was blazing a new trail, he didn't give a go-by to the aesthetics and sowkhya bhava in the music while demonstrating all his virtuosity. "Music should touch your heart and soul, it should not be an exercise of your wizardry sans aesthetics."

"Yes, I know very well that it has whipped up a storm especially amongst his die-hard fans, but so be it. His guru Shri. PSN himself complimented me on this review. Told me that such reviews only would help him introspect and improve, not the run-of-the mill hyperbolic reviews lavishing wholesome praise on him".

p.s. Please note that the above is the essence of his responses - though have put them within quotes, it is from my recollection of what he said and may not exactly match what he said word-to-word. But definitely reflect the spirit and substance of his responses.

Rsachi · Post by **Rsachi** » 13 Jan 2014, 18:44

I suggest we approach PSN for his assessment.
I also suggest we find a way to play S'madhyamam raga via a file share.
I heard the Khamach. THERE WAS NO BEHAG.

Addendum :

Is VJS was so keenly listening to the concert, how come he misquoted Bhaktavatsalam?

If aesthetic was zero as confirmed by PSN, how come the MA awarded Yogam Nagaswamy award?

How come nobody here said S'madhyamam was playing hide and seek?

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 13 Jan 2014, 18:49

I have no intention of adding to this storm in a tea cup, but, how on earth does a reviewer know whether something is intended not? If there is a science to this (and not just a gut feeling, or IMNSHO etc., it's not worth the paper it's reported in), prosecutors and judges the world over would be scrambling in line to help them figure out intent/accident.

kvchellappa · Post by **kvchellappa** » 13 Jan 2014, 18:56

It was in poor taste of the reviewer to drag the name of one's guru to substantiate his comments; if he knew music and the basics of what he was talking about, he should stand by them on his own even if the entire world is up and against him. To drop a name only betrays paucity of that confidence. In any case, I would rather it was not brought in the open.
For the moment, there is a ready audience for AR and his music is in demand. He should follow his manodharma and evolve. GNB blazed a new trail. I for one do not know what comments were made about him in his early days. It is easy now to say he had aesthetics, sowkhyam. In any case, neither Abhishek seems to think that he is another GNB or no one is comparing the two.
I do not know music, but I enjoyed listening to him.

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 13 Jan 2014, 20:29

Rsachi wrote:
I also suggest we find a way to play S'madhyamam raga via a file share.

Let there be no trespass or let there be total trespass of ragas, let us not share any download link in this site . With so many things happening on copyright let this forum not aide with a small misstep, we may face bigger consequence.

Rsachi · Post by **Rsachi** » 13 Jan 2014, 20:38

Rajesh,
I am prepared to ask Abhishek himself. Perhaps he is allowed by MA to record his own concert.

On second thought, the only guy who missed identifying S'madhyamam is VJS. So perhaps we can drop this step.

mahavishnu · Post by **mahavishnu** » 13 Jan 2014, 20:49

I also doubt if PSN is being quoted right and fairly. While PSN might have been ok with a review that does not heap lavish praise on an individual, I seriously don't think he would condone a judgment that says : "zero on music and zero on aesthetics". One cannot write vitriolic BS like that and get away with it.

I was quite perturbed by the serious lack of professional ethics in this (not just the negative tone of the review), which is why I brought it up again.

RSachi, I think we should follow your earlier advice and move on. History will judge this concert in its own way. MMA has already made its call :ymapplause:

rupavathi · Post by **rupavathi** » 13 Jan 2014, 21:48

So now Yogam nagaswamy prize is the benchmark! I thought this forum not so long ago was fulminating en masse against the poor judgement values of the Academy... when your blue eyed boy gets the prize, all is well?

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 13 Jan 2014, 21:55

May I say, "we should leave the lad alone!" ??

Abhishek is evolving (though endowed with such shining qualities of a musician). He is evolving, strictly because of his being so young--how many more years await him as he evolves even more? Surely,we don't want him to stay where he is now without changing (evolving). He will find new horizons, will grow in the process, temper himself, sharpen his skills even more, experiment, innovate, settle down, find new horizons, grow in the process...
There are so many possibilities with a talent as big as his.

One thing we know. The world is his oyster. He has youth, immense knowledge and talent, has popular appeal so that he can display his musical skills amply on stage in the years to come.

It's going to be fun watching his 'evolving', for sure

Rsachi · Post by **Rsachi** » 13 Jan 2014, 22:06

Rupavathi,
Nothing is an absolute benchmark really

I repeat NOTHING. (at least for me).

In your opinion, Is there a positive, or negative, or a non-existent correlation between the expert view of that Hindu review and the committee view at MA!?

Do you think the review was biased and rigged!?
Do you think the MA prize was rigged or biased?
Do you think this thread is rigged or biased!?

I am curious to know!

Rajagopalan_V · Post by **Rajagopalan_V** » 13 Jan 2014, 22:09

All, a few clarifications to set the records straight --

1. I agree with the following comment of mahavishnu here -- //I also doubt if PSN is being quoted right and fairly. While PSN might have been ok with a review that does not heap lavish praise on an individual, I seriously don't think he would condone a judgment that says : "zero on music and zero on aesthetics".//.

Yes, Veejay mentioned that PSN had complimented him on the review. However, that does not necessarily mean that PSN had agreed with the review in full or had endorsed the "zero aesthetics" and Veejay's aspersions on Simmendhra Madhyamam and Khamas.

2. kvchellappa's following comment -- //It was in poor taste of the reviewer to drag the name of one's guru to substantiate his comments; if he knew music and the basics of what he was talking about, he should stand by them on his own even if the entire world is up and against him. To drop a name only betrays paucity of that confidence. In any case, I would rather it was not brought in the open//

Well, please see the context in which he mentioned about PSN's compliment. It was an 'informal' conversation I had with him. He was not making a formal rejoinder of sorts. It was me who has brought this to this forum's attention. Based on the limited, 5 minutes conversation I had, I could say that he stood by every word of his review! And he made that amply clear to me.

3. rshankar's following comment -- //how on earth does a reviewer know whether something is intended not? // well, as I mentioned in my earlier post, it was a recollection of the 'essence' of the conversation I had with him. The words were not exactly his as I didn't record it and nor did I write them down. He meant to say that Abhi had wandered into the notes of Behag while doing the Khamas alapana. And this was not acceptable to him. "While notes in both the scales do overlap, a singer of his smartness can afford to exercise restraint".

Trust this clarifies.

rupavathi · Post by **rupavathi** » 13 Jan 2014, 22:25

Rsachi wrote:In your opinion, Is there a positive, or negative, or a non-existent correlation between the expert view of that Hindu review and the committee view at MA!?

None at all.

Rsachi wrote:Do you think the review was biased and rigged!?
Do you think the MA prize was rigged or biased?
Do you think this thread is rigged or biased!?

The review reflected the writer's opinion and he is man enough to stand by it. Rigged? No, not to the best of my knowledge... and I do have some familiarity with the workings of Friday Review. They are even-handed in their encouragement of mediocre writing.

The MA prize is actually not that big of a deal. There is a bunch of endowments, with several overlaps. Over the past few years, the Academy simply bunches many of them and hands out two or three prizes. Yogam Nagaswamy simply happens to be one of the larger endowments. There is no significance beyond that.

This thread in particular and the forum in general has its collective biases. And the forum's collective herd mentality is offended that someone dared to write an opinion contrary to the mass mania of the moment. Storm in a kaapi-davara... greater artistes have been subjected to much worse attacks than this. So, get over it and move on!

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 13 Jan 2014, 23:30

They are even-handed in their encouragement of mediocre writing.

greater artistes have been subjected to much worse attacks than this. So, get over it and move on!

while I agree with that

Yogam Nagaswamy simply happens to be one of the larger endowments. There is no significance beyond that.

This thread in particular and the forum in general has its collective biases. And the forum's collective herd mentality is offended that someone dared to write an opinion contrary to the mass mania of the moment.

There is no ONE collective bias. As you can see from the various threads over the years, there are many. Just saying.

In this thread, I am definitely not in this particular collective, but I think this reviewer is uncouth and irresponsible. That is a bad combination and one symptom of that is usually reflected in magnifying the bad and minimizing the good. That is my problem with him.

kvchellappa · Post by **kvchellappa** » 14 Jan 2014, 08:34

What is the collective bias in this? The argument was whether the critic's review had the basics right (though I am not aware of them). Take for instance Simhendramadhyamam. Gayathri Girish said it was bang on. Another point was whether Khamas had trespassed into behag. Sri MKS and somebody else also mentioned they got a shade of Behag, but then the two ragas have overlaps, it was said. GG did not find anything odd there. GG opinion overrules the critic in my (uninformed) view. Would it not be fair to mention only what of the critic's view is justified if it is, instead of labelling the forumites? What if greater people have also been subjected to worse criticism? Can the court acquit a murderer because there were more heinous crimes?
The tone of the review left much to be desired and I feel that is what irked, not that AR is a God and he should not be criticised. To my mind, there is no collective bias in this thread.

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 14 Jan 2014, 08:45

Plus the reviewer has been expressing his disdain for Abhishek's music for quite a while and finally got his chance to do the hatchet job. It seems that the reviewer's mind was made up even before the concert started.

CHIGO · Post by **CHIGO** » 14 Jan 2014, 09:40

Can anyone bring in the past reviews of the attention-seeking veejay.sai to ascertain his taste, especially leanings. The review under fire is obviously a hatched one, going by the way that other usual reviewers of the hindu have been overlooked for this particular concert. Perhaps if only the "yogam" (?) award was not given Abhishek would have bee spared. I do not subscribe to the impression that the review was written prior to yogam award as it appeared only after the award was given. Anyway the reviewer has got the mileage he wanted as he is being talked and written about time and again, dishonorably though. I would like to sum up "eithavan irukka ambai novanen"

Rsachi · Post by **Rsachi** » 14 Jan 2014, 10:34

CHIGO,
Reading your post, i googled VEEJAY SAI. His reviews and Tweets indicate he a roving culture reporter with cinema, dance, light music, coffee table books etc. as his main themes. I found no proof if he is equipped to write a serious Carnatic music concert review, let alone at the Academy, and I am not even going near Abhishek or artistes of that class.

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 14 Jan 2014, 10:56

CHIGO wrote: I do not subscribe to the impression that the review was written prior to yogam award as it appeared only after the award was given.

Chigo
Dec 26th was a thursday night when abhishek concert was given. Friday review of Dec 27th cannot have this entry as they have no time to write and publish -this is not a cricket match review. The award was rewarded on Jan 1st sadhas and this hindu online came on Jan 02nd,2014. If they had pushed to print to the the next lot (post Jan 04th )possibly this abhishek review would have never be published [-x , as it would have been a kind of too much of risk to publish this(not that i am saying they would not publish).

On a side note , On Dec 31st evening one friend who follows the artist in this thread called me and told me that sub senior artist was rewarded . He asked me do you know who gets the senior award , I said i have no info other than rasikas.org to know about awards. For a brief 10 mins my friend was wondering loud as to how academy can announce the awards on DEC 31st itself and associated blah blah when there are artists who are scheduled to perform on Dec 31st.

I took the MA schedule and reasoned out that on Dec 31st VK Raman is only playing flute and it is ok to declare the award for sub senior on Dec 31st, but for senior they have to wait as the last slot KBMK is performing as we spoke that day and that is why it is not declared yet as KBMK is a contender. Why am I stating this - many were mistaken about the intentions of Academy etc.Just clarifying for those

Similiarly CHIGO take your time .I dont think your impression is right at all , unless you have some insider info that I am not aware.

sathguru · Post by **sathguru** » 14 Jan 2014, 23:06

When an artiste is scrutinised thoroughly and reviews published, it is good for the art and the artiste.
But when a review is biased, then it serves no purpose; but the ulterior ones.
Irrespective of whether Abhishek selected for the Yigam award or not, that the reviewer dismissed this performance in such a crude manner has made us sit up and discuss it.
And this being this acribe's first, it seems (1) he definitely needs the mileage to be known or recognised, and (2) he probably took some help in getting this piece together.
Subscribing to CHIGO and to Rsachi, and a few others who have shared their thoughts, I now see that there is a pattern to the ridicule and vitriolic statements he has used in other chat forums shared here and the culmination of it is this bad review.
I will like to see this rabble rouser write similarly on other artistes.
Last but not the least, I am quite surprised no other artise but Gayathri Girish admonished this Veejai Sai.
Very sad!!

VijayR · Post by **VijayR** » 15 Jan 2014, 00:29

sureshvv wrote:Plus the reviewer has been expressing his disdain for Abhishek's music for quite a while and finally got his chance to do the hatchet job. It seems that the reviewer's mind was made up even before the concert started.

I completely agree... If it looks like a duck, talks like a duck, and walks like a duck, odds are that it is indeed a duck. Given the context and the numerous past instances where this reviewer made his bias unmistakably clear, there is no doubt in my mind that this was an attempt at a hit, plain and simple. Unexpectedly for him, it blew up spectacularly in his face, thanks to the award. He can act indignant and try to justify his review all he wants, but it is clear to me that he has just been publicly unmasked (in fact, here is a thought, partly in jest ... perhaps someone had enough of his loud-mouthing and executed a hit on him by inviting him to write this review. His true colors and ignorance have now been exposed).

Either (a) the "collective" vidwat of the MA experts committee (and other knowledgeable musicians such as Smt. Gayatri Girish) completely missed all the errors that this reviewer caught, or (b) he had his head so far up his rear end that his brain was unable to function normally. Sorry, but I'm going with the latter explanation.

At the end of the day, neither this hatchet job of a review nor the award will unduly influence Abhishek... He is smart enough to self-introspect and has a solid family/well-wisher circle to keep him grounded and give him honest, real feedback.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 15 Jan 2014, 00:48

VijayR wrote:At the end of the day, neither this hatchet job of a review nor the award will unduly influence Abhishek...

Sort of an "If" (Kipling) moment if you will, huh?

VijayR · Post by **VijayR** » 15 Jan 2014, 01:10

rshankar wrote:Sort of an "If" (Kipling) moment if you will, huh?

Indeed...

sathguru · Post by **sathguru** » 16 Jan 2014, 21:43

A comparison of the reviews of concerts by the scribes of this esteemed daily....discussion of the review of Abhishek's concert... versus
this review http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp ... 531174.ece
While I am not against this artiste whose concert was reviewed, I find it disgusting to see how this daily The Hindu allows malicious attacks against an artiste of a high calibre as Abhishek.......
Shame on this daily....why blame the parasites writing these reviews.

sathguru · Post by **sathguru** » 16 Jan 2014, 21:43

And I attended both these concerts...so I am not quoting hear say.

CHIGO · Post by **CHIGO** » 17 Jan 2014, 10:09

Sathguru-that's why I have many reasons to feel that veejay Sai has played into the hands of someone and Hindu also unwittingly without realising what is up the sleeves of the vested interests blindly published the orchestrated bias. When there were half a dozen regular reviewers why this odd review by an odd man? There were accolades for the pedestrian -amateur artistes in the same daily but the only harsh review was for the one and only Abhishek. It is very disturbing that a daily of this standing could be influenced to target an artiste "enviably" endowed with voice, gnanam and above all mastery over laya. Let the "envying ones" try to match him musically and not through back door methods.

Rangadu · Post by **Rangadu** » 06 Feb 2014, 09:37

It is ridiculous to see how people on this forum have become so thin-skinned and intolerant to even a little bit of criticism. First of all, I personally don't find anything wrong in that review written by Veejay Sai. It is after all one person's subjective opinion, just like all of your opinions here belong to you. More over, googling this writer, threw up articles on music, dance and several other articles from as early as 2000. So obviously he has been writing long enough, irrespective of any of us reading him or not reading him that regularly. I also realized that he is a well-known face on Television debates from NDTV and other places. The other thing is how much abuse has happened to The Hindu over here. The same people who praise it now scold it. Don't know if one can take them that serious. There are hardly any places one can read good articles about arts. In that light, when The Hindu is atleast giving space, shouldn't one be thankful and respect what is being given? Unlike Times or other papers who don't seem to care a damn about any promotion of classical music but are busy making money of you and me, atleast Hindu is giving ample space for coverage.

The review is not the best one to come out, nor is Abhishek the best as we all would like to blindly believe in our collective sycophancy. But the amount of slander here has shown how intolerable people can be. And they call themselves rasikas? That is laughable! Let us learn to respect the artiste, the critic, the space and the art form in all its entirety. This is just a humble appeal.

Best

Ranga

kvchellappa · Post by **kvchellappa** » 06 Feb 2014, 10:08

Can the same tune be played back to you, with greater force perhaps? Why not take criticism of criticism with some thick skin? Why not say what of the criticism of Sai is valid or what of the counter-criticism invalid, instead of mere invectives? Is what is said above applicable to the opinion of Smt. Gayathri Girish also?

Rsachi · Post by **Rsachi** » 06 Feb 2014, 10:44

Rangudu,
Were you at the concert?
Did you find Khamach confused with Behag? Did you hear Bhaktavatsalam's comment?
Did you find the concert a disaster?

Can you find me a good CM review by Veejay Sai?

Rangadu · Post by **Rangadu** » 06 Feb 2014, 10:48

Gayathri Girish is one of those who missed the bus. She couldn't ever be a Bombay Jayashri or Sudha who were far more successful, nor could she flaunt of a lineage like Nityashree or the marketing skills of Aruna Sairam. She tried hard but her music was so pathetic that she fell bad. Now she has become a commentator. How serious can one take her? She has retorted now to being an armchair commentator of everyone else's music. She will continue to remain in the fringes and can never be close to many other names, like she would wish she was. I know this sounds rude but than all truth nowadays is sounding as rude, if not ruder.

As for being thick-skinned, why not? Nothing wrong in being that. As I said....Veejay Sai isn't the best of reviewers we have around as much as Abhishek isn't the best of singers we have around. Each has their own drawbacks and one must accept them for what they are, and not for what they are not or worse...what WE expect them to be but they are not.

Rangadu · Post by **Rangadu** » 06 Feb 2014, 10:53

I was at the concert and I did hear Bhaktavatsalam's comment. It felt as if he was trying to market himself with AR's brand name. I even wondered why on earth did they bother to fix Bhaktavatsalam for AR! Was this AR's request? Who knows!

mahavishnu · Post by **mahavishnu** » 06 Feb 2014, 11:09

DNFTT :-@

Rsachi · Post by **Rsachi** » 06 Feb 2014, 11:31

Rangadu,
Sorry your comments on Gayatri Girish are to me quite obnoxious. Please refrain from such criticism. Every musician is a gift of God to us. If we don't like their music it's our problem. And I think we don't need the reviews like that of Veejaay Sai here.

kvchellappa · Post by **kvchellappa** » 06 Feb 2014, 12:21

Nor those of Mr. Rangudu which are not of the same standards set in this forum by unwritten consensus.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 06 Feb 2014, 13:10

Heard of harsh truths, which at times we have to face--but rude truths? What are they? Are they what rude people believe to be true? I don't get it!

Gayathri Girish first of all isn't in the age group of those whom you have mentioned. If an artiste is multi-talented, explores music more and likes to add to her skills, is it curtain calls for her career?

Rangadu · Post by **Rangadu** » 06 Feb 2014, 13:26

This forum seems to have a great standard for sycophancy and intolerance

)

People here seem to know all about music and take themselves way too serious as it seems.... (-|

sreebeecane · Post by **sreebeecane** » 06 Feb 2014, 22:23

Rangadu wrote:This forum seems to have a great standard for sycophancy and intolerance )

People here seem to know all about music and take themselves way too serious as it seems.... (-|

Someone who preaches how to take criticism in the right spirit by being obnoxious and intolerant of criticism is preaching. Irony died a violent death. You will be missed irony.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 06 Feb 2014, 22:25

Or maybe somebody came off their meds, perhaps????

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 07 Feb 2014, 00:02

Something makes me think that the Hindu has taken notice of the hatchet job and has not looked at it kindly.

hnbhagavan · Post by **hnbhagavan** » 07 Feb 2014, 00:10

Dear friends,

I feel the critics writing is for the artist to improve for the future.It is obvious that generally a critic's knowledge will not be as good as the musician on whom he writes.This is true unless the critic himself is a musician of certain standing.I feel we should allow both the critic as well as the musician to be in their hemispheres.In this case Gayatri Girish is definitely more knowledgeable to counter the critic.This is not with standing what was written about her comparing with other stalwarts.
Comparison of Gayatri Girish and denigrating her in comparison to other stalwarts is not the right thing to do.In case only such comparisons are carried out,carnatic music will cease to exist after some time.There are artists of various calibre and all of them are required to sustain the sampradaya.
I would like to bring to your attention one of the concerts a couple of years ago,Sri TN Seshagopalan performed at the Rama Seva mandali.He had a very bad throat and voice was not at all cooperating.One could have concluded that how Sri TNS could give such a performance.But people still respected his vidwat and continued listening.Later I heard him several times and each concert was a gem.

Sivaramakrishnan · Post by **Sivaramakrishnan** » 08 Feb 2014, 11:30

Rangadu,
Have you attended any of Gayatri Girish's thematic concerts?

sathguru · Post by **sathguru** » 10 Feb 2014, 21:04

Rangadu's posts are quite despicable, and speak of double standards.
Criticism is fine, but obnoxious reviews are not really acceptable.

SrinathK · Post by **SrinathK** » 26 Dec 2018, 15:40

I finally got to hear at least the khamas RTP from the Academy Archives with the limited time I had yesterday. It's free during the season, open all day from Tuesday to Saturday. I was curious to know what in the world was it that had the rasikas raving like that?

Dear. God. A 1 hour 10 min unfettered bonzana. What an alapana... 30 min of unbelievable phrasing and imagination -- I did not know khamAs could be elaborated like that - yes the raga bhava was in fact intact throughout. This recording alone would have cemented Abhishek's genius in history. Who does such instant graha bhedams on every round of kuraippu swarams on every note? All the ragas he sang were graha bhedams on khamas, and he was just shifting tonic at will. Mental.

The crowd's reaction has been preserved in the recording. They were truly mind blown. I have personally never heard a Carnatic crowd go so berserk to the point of hollering in my life - I did not think it was possible, but I myself would have been screaming "Bravo". I remember somehow making it inside at the very end and the crowd was on their feet, even some elders cheering like India won the World cup or something.

In retrospect, the music critics' were just writing crap in my opinion. Let's set the record straight on that.

musi · Post by **musi** » 26 Dec 2018, 18:53

How do you listen to academy archives?

SrinathK · Post by **SrinathK** » 26 Dec 2018, 19:45

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=32400&p=346319#p346319

Just go there (it's on the side of the Kasturi Srinivasan Hall next to the vehicle in gate, an elegant, quiet room), sign a register. The staff will guide you and the software is very easy to use. Then just find your concert, or artist, or raga or composer, sit back and enjoy the music.

shankarank · Post by **shankarank** » 07 Jan 2019, 23:18

What do you expect from somebody who asks silly questions like this?

https://twitter.com/veejaysai/status/10 ... 8359117824

And you had another familiar nitwit retweet this and ask why she should not attend?

And that the artistes are singing on Hindu Gods is the point of the argument!!

It looks like Thapar has managed to create nitwits all around. These guys don't have any reason to cite the golden era music of any stalwart if they have not understood even the basics of Indian traditions!

SrinathK · Post by **SrinathK** » 08 Jan 2019, 09:31

He has since then done an about turn and has been praising Abhishek all season now. Interesting.