January 26, 2021 Top form: In her 40 years on stage, MS Subbulakshmi was ‘always on test and always in control’ - THE HINDU ARCHIVES Top form: In her 40 years on stage, MS Subbulakshmi was ‘always on test and always in control’ - THE HINDU ARCHIVES× Keshav Desiraju’s book on MS Subbulakshmi comes at a time when the Carnatic world is torn by bitterly fought debates on a wide array of issues * What is it that catapulted MS Subbulakshmi into the star league, the toast of the political and social elite, feted by critics and masses alike across the country? * There have been at least four books on her so far, a Harikatha and a musical written on her life and art