In Kunjamma-Ode to a Nightingale, Lakshmi Vishwanathan explains why she believes knowing M.S. Subbulakshmi has been the greatest blessing of her life. The author, whom M.S. has referred to as a 'daughter', retraces the life of a legend-its divine and human angularities-with love, sympathy and insight. As a child, 'Kunjamma'-Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi-learnt to play the veena from her mother and sang in the temples of Madurai. This biography traces her ...
