On February 2 2020, Chennai’s Kalakshetra Foundation withdrew permission to hold the launch of the book, just some hours before it was scheduled to happen. Mridangam is the primary percussion instrument in Karnatik music but its makers, Sebastian and others, are hardly remembered or celebrated in history, because of their social position, most of them Dalit Christians.
Told through extensive ethnographic research, the work contributes to the author’s dedicated and continued exploration of how caste functions within the Karnatik music industry. Through his latest book, Sebastian & Sons: A Brief History of Mrdangam Makers, Karnatik musician T M Krishna documents the life histories of those legendary artisans and their families, who’ve involved themselves in the making of the the mridangam for years.
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