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Jaithirth Rao Tags : Posted: Wednesday, Jan 02, 2008 at 2241 hrs

Jaithirth Rao

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Madras/Chennai and its music festival may hold the clue to how we contend with globalisation in cultural and psychic terms. The presence of large numbers of NRIs and foreigners has led, not to simplistic global homogenisation, but to new dimensions of creativity. May Aruna and her tribe flourish; somewhere in the chambers of the sky I am sure Mamalla Pallava and Tirumangai Aalwaar are rooting for Chennai.

The writer is an observer and student of contemporary India jerry.rao@expressindia.com

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