![]() ![]() Therefore yes, I will join my voice to the Dalit voice and do so, in all humility, knowing that I can never really know.” In his lectures, essays, and perhaps most importantly, his actual musical practice, Krishna has sought to challenge, destabilize, undermine, and - ultimately - change the many divisive tendencies that are still such a large part of Indian life. ![]() It is this internalisation that can change me and this takes time. I have to realise him in and within myself. And even after that learning I cannot be who he is and will never experience his living trauma. I can speak for anyone as long as I am willing to understand the realities that make that person. In a 2016 essay, the much-lauded Karnatik vocalist, Thodur Madabusi (universally known as “TM”) Krishna, wrote, “I was once asked whether I have the right to speak for a Dalit. ![]()
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