Vainika's Voice
On Music and Its Making
Articles and spoken reflections by D. BalakrishnaIn these pages, D. Balakrishna speaks and writes from inside the tradition — not as a commentator, but as a musician who has spent a lifetime in the company of the veena and its lineage. What follows are articles, spoken reflections, and conversations on music, aesthetics, and the nature of the Mysore Bāṇi.
I Wish to Sing Like the Veeṇā
A Reflection by D. Balakrishna
Sri Balakrishna speaks on a remark made by Madurai Mani Iyer to his father — and what it reveals about the veena's singular capacity for whole-phrase expression.
In Preparation