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 Q.
How do you feel about getting the award?
A. I received the Padma Bhushan in 1987. I think the government has
been late in giving the Padma Vibhushan after 14 years. It is absurd.
But I have never hankered after awards. I will not refuse the Padma Vibhushan.
Q. Are you annoyed with the government's award policy?
A. Yes, I am. If my mother (Mogubai Kurdikar) were alive I wouldn't
have accepted this award. My mother deserved the Bharat Ratna. Maybe I
will get the Bharat Ratna after 14 years, posthumously.
Q. Given the rapid proliferation of music institutions, how long
do you think the guru-shishya parampara will continue?
A. I don't know. This whole issue of Indian pop music is awful. Classical
musicians who are jumping onto the Indipop bandwagon are only prostituting
themselves.
Q. But haven't institutions taken the place of this parampara?
A. Institutions teach Indian classical music with a western outlook.
How many have produced the likes of Bhimsen Joshi, Kishen Maharaj or Pandit
Jasraj? If they'd learnt music in institutions they wouldn't have attained
such heights.
Q. How does it feel to have reached such musical heights?
A. I am extremely happy. I love being appreciated. That is the best
award.
-S. Sahaya Ranjit
TREMORS
Indicators of the Indian Economy
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Interest rates: Fallen in the past,
likely to fall further. Will boost investment. We are still waiting.
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Inflation: Slowest rise in prices
in 20 years. That's good for the consumers, bad for producers.
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Employment:
Industrial production is down. Consequently, this has slowed down
the creation of new jobs. |
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Trade:
Exports fall due to the depressed global demand. Imports fall due
to the investment drought. Sob, sob. |
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