By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan December 5th found three edifying papers in the morning session. The first was a remarkable lecture by K.T. Udaykiran on ‘Analysis of gamakas and alankaras in different kinds of music.’ The musician’s insight into music is amazing. He discussed on linking swaras in ragas like Dwijavanti, usage of ‘g’ in Aarabhi…

By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan The morning sessions at the 24th JSS Annual Music Conference were both educative and entertaining. On 3rd December morning, Mysore V. Subramanya gave a lecture-demonstration on ‘The Glory of Jhanjuti.’ He described how the name came into existence. Pinakapani named it jhanjuti. ‘Raganidhi’ describes it as jinjuti. It is also known…