India, Feb. 22 -- When Carnatic musician TM Krishna sat in his studio in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, more than half a decade ago to set a particular text to music, it sparked a new turn for classical music and reimagining India's rich history in the pursuit of a society without social, economic and caste discrimination. The text was from Sree Narayana Guru, the philosopher and social reformer whose universal and humanitarian outlook shook up caste hierarchy in the late 19th century Travancore, Kochi and Malabar region. Nobody before Krishna, who is known for his activism against caste discrimination, had attempted to seek the profound poetic and aesthetic value hidden in Narayana Guru's works. (Also Read | TM Krishna not to be recognised as MS S...
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