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Techie percussionist Erickavu N. Sunil pens a unique book that delineates the science and aesthetics of the mridangam
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Techie percussionist Erickavu N. Sunil pens a unique book that delineates the science and aesthetics of the mridangam
When his prospective guru in higher studies asked Erickavu N. Sunil to present his talent, the teenager played the mridangam with reasonable confidence. “You have a good timbre and command over speed, but the fingering needs rework,” said Mavelikkara Velukutty Nair. The response hurt the boy, but he remained tenacious. In Thiruvananthapuram, 120 km south of his village near Haripad in Alappuzha district, Sunil knew he had found his mentor. “I was only 15 then, just out of school. Yet I had already been learning the mridangam for a decade,” he recalls. “My new teacher made me begin from scratch.”
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Corrections and clarifications May 5, 2021
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The graphic relating to Tamil Nadu Assembly election results (some editions, May 4, 2021) had given “
ring” as the party symbol of VCK (Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi). VCK had actually contested in the “
pot” symbol.
In the front-page graphic titled “Regional parties dominate” (early editions, May 3, 2021) had given the alliance-wise break-up pertaining to Kerala as
LDF 94, UDF 40 and Others 6. Actually, it is LDF 99 and UDF 41.
An inside page graphic relating to Kerala Assembly election results (early editions, May 3, 2021) erroneously said K.K. Shailaja was a winner from
Haripad constituency. It should have been
As COVID-19 cases continue to surge in Alappuzha, the average Test Positivity Rate (TPR) over the last seven days crossed 35% in 11 grama panchayats in the district.Cheruthana grama panchayat has the