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‘ஞானம்’ சஞ்சிகையானது, ‘ஈழத்துப் புலம்பெயர் இலக்கியச் சிறப்பிதழ்’ ஒன்றை 700 பக்கங்களில் கொண்டுவரவுள்ளது. இச்சஞ்சிகைக்கு பின்வரும் தலைப்புகளில் ஒன்றைத் தெரிவு செய்து கட்டுரை ஒன்று எழுதித்தருமாறு அன்புடன் வேண்டுகிறோம்.
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The earliest women I saw and heard in music and who marked my memories profoundly were M.S. Subbulakshmi and D.K. Pattammal. They were iconic figures then already, when I discovered them in my childhood. While they enjoyed much in common, they were also sharply in contrast. Both were towering and well respected women on the music front. Both enjoyed large and faithful audiences, sang to full houses. Both shone in their brilliant diamonds and Kanchipuram silks. They remained all through loyal to the traditional Tamil-lady look, their sarees drawn over the shoulders. Pattammal was pleasant looking while MS was strikingly beautiful. MS had her faithful retinue on stage till the end. Pattammal had her devoted brother and outstanding musician in himself, D.K. Jayaraman with her in their duet performances, till his death separated the pair. Pattammal’s spouse obliged her by granting her permission to carry on her career. MS’ spouse went out of his way to chart his wife’s course. Both lent their voices to films and immortalised several classical lyrics. While MS became an emblematic figure worldwide synonymous with her nightingale-like voice and the trance that she spun her audience into with her soothing bhajans and multilingual compositions, Pattammal remained the unchallenged goddess of laya, of emotion-laden singing, of a clarity and articulation hitherto unmatched and her devotion to Tamil lyrics.