What is the difference between the styles of teaching in your days with Semmangudi and the present?
There is no difference in teaching except the time restrictions. But there is a difference in the audience. In those days, very few sabhas existed and the audience used to sit throughout the concert and enjoy. These days, TV serials keep them away from a three-hour long concert. People just walk-in and leave! That is why cassettes and CDs are popular these days. I have released six CDs on Swati Tirunal’s compositions. They are on rare kritis, popular kritis, exclusive Ragamalikas, Navarathri Kritis, Navavidha Bhakti and Tillanas. Only one Tillana of Swati Tirunal is popular. I want to bring out the others to the kutcheris. I have recently released a CD of lullabies. I like the famous lullaby ‘Omanathingal kidao’ by Iraiyimman Thampi, for its lyrics, and researched on other lullabies. I set the tunes for some, where they were not originally available. You have recorded Christian devotional songs. . . These songs are all in classical Carnatic style composed by the famous composers, K.B.S
