In the last post, the first part on the raga nalinakAnthI, we had seen about the scale and basic handling of the raga, how it is close and different to a sister raga kedAram and how it is a beaauoootiful raga. Now as in this post, we will see about some of the compositions [...]

  Continuing from the previous post, we will see more about the shades of emotions that Charukesi creates by taking up some great compositions and using them as our starting point for analysis. Innam En Manam, pada Varnam by Sri LGJ I had mentioned before that Charukesi creates a feeling of sadness mingled with hope. [...]