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Also published article in local news paper.... :) eenadu hyderabad

>Theistic >Till the demise of the Second World War, the average Indian was basically wedded to spiritual endeavours to the neglect of materialistic pursuits and profit. >Patronised by royalty >No nation or art can sustain itself nor can it flourish with dwarfs with a mere one or two of tall stature. Galaxy of giants appeared on the scene >Village Swaraj >music was free for all like air and water >mike-based cheap music >few metropolitan centres robbed and deprived the millions in the vast slumbering rural tracts of all exposure to classical music >The shifting of music from temples and dramas from street corners and river beds to sabhas and chambers stifled the growth of classical music. >Classical music can flourish in its native charm, grandeur and glory" only in an atmosphere of vigranti and not in the polluted, dusty turmoil of noisy towns and cities. The latter can hope to nourish it for a while but not nurse it. >As it is with g