The ongoing dispute between Bharat Forge chairman, Baba Kalyani, and his sister Sugandha Hiremath has entered a new phase, with Sugandha's family filing a lawsuit in a Pune court recently, seeking the division of Kalyani family assets.

The world of Carnatic music can no longer hide behind the closed doors of intellectualised drawing rooms, steeped in traditional (or rather conservative) views. The controversy surrounding the award to T.M. Krishna shows that.