Venkateswara Rao, the former professor at Potti Sriramulu Telugu University, is regarded as one of the leading exponents of Mridangam. Renowned violinist Annavarapu Rama Swamy, a nonagenarian ...

For this mridangam stalwart, silence is an ally, it is the moments when his fingers are off the drum that define his music. For stretches during a concert, Arun sits still, an arm anchored at an ...