India, April 11 -- As announced yesterday in this column, I am reproducing what I wrote about K. Srikantiah in Star of Mysore in 1990.

Hey Ram! Hello Ram!

We may be rid of the Ramayana serial on TV but not the annual feature of Ramanavami - Lord Rama's birthday.

I don't know why Ramanavami is linked to music concerts and I don't know if it is a feature only in South India or all over India.

Mercifully, unlike during the Ganapathy Festival and Ayyappa Swamy season, Ramanavami music festivals are not only full of religious fervour but also have only classical music by the well-known musicians. That of course, is doing a great honour to our King Rama and showing devotion to God Rama at the same time.

I am very happy that Ramanavami has ...