Rajam’s journey with the violin
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February 18, 2021 16:28 IST
N. Rajam, who will be conferred the Pt. Bhimsen Joshi Lifetime Achievement Award, on how she created a space of her own in theworld of music
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N. Rajam, who will be conferred the Pt. Bhimsen Joshi Lifetime Achievement Award, on how she created a space of her own in theworld of music
For Dr. N. Rajam, who just added the Pt. Bhimsen Joshi Lifetime Achievement Award to her long list of honours (including the Padma Bhushan, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, and the Padma Shri), the many challenges she faced in the world of music are no different from how one negotiates the difficulties of life. “For sure, it was not a bed of roses there was opposition. But you deal with it rather than dwell on it,” the 82-year-old says, looking back on a lifetime with the violin.