
All the ruckus around an MS Subbulakshmi award being given to TM Krishna, outspoken Carnatic musician, appears to have doubled the sound of applause on Christmas Day when he performed as part of the annual conferences and concerts of the Madras Music Academy. Ever since March 2024, when the Music Academy announced him as the winner of this year's Sangita Kalanidhi award, many angry words, declarations, and even a court case had piled up against Krishna. The anger aggravated to certain musicians taking a “pledge” on stage about “respecting the Bhakti and Dharmic roots of Carnatic music”.