In this episode of #NLRecess, musician, writer and activist TM Krishna joins Jayashree Arunachalam to talk about #activism, privilege, creating inclusive spaces in art, and the age-old conversation of “art vs artist”.

On his own journey, Krishna says, “I was trying to figure my own space within music and within what I was doing, which slowly led me to take action as a #musician...then unrolling into the other ideas of society, people and community.”

Jayashree and Krishna discuss the importance of self-awareness driving public action, how to challenge cultural and aesthetic privilege (which Krishna describes as the “Fabindia culture”), how Carnatic musicians often claim to be “apolitical”, and the future of Carnatic music itself.

Watch the full interview: https://bit.ly/NLInterviewTMKrishna_

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