CPI(M) leader M.A. Baby has called for the Bharat Ratna to be awarded to legendary percussionist Umayalpuram Sivaraman, highlighting the lack of national recognition for India’s top percussion artists ....
<p>April 2022. Late afternoon. Our farmhands were manuring crops as they bantered about village politics. I stood around eavesdropping shamelessly. Just then, furious knocking filled the air.