Sri Trichy Kalyanaraman’s Mahabaratha Pravacham at Srirangam till was engrossing to the audience. When this great raconteur narrated the Draupathi’s scene in the ‘hall of shame’ she moves to every ‘man’ and says ‘Is it true that in your presence this happens to me as I see you sitting mum and mute to this immoral act upon a woman? I wonder who should be ashamed of? ‘ All stalwarts from Beeshma to the last of the Royals wept in shame. The audience wept in agony.
Storytelling is a high power art and ‘Anna’ Kalyanaraman is a treasure ‘Tamil’ world should preserve.
It was a moment of warm nostalgia as he recalled the days when we played cricket in Mallipoo agraharam in the late ’70s. Even then while he was so young he used to freeze us with his storytelling skills. 5 yrs senior to me by age and 100 years in wisdom. Pranams to ‘Anna’.