The rhythm of caste
Deccan ChronicleThiruvananthapuram: The popular notion about music is that it is a neutral art with no bias of caste, gender, class or colour. Dalit musician A. S. Ajith Kumar in his book Kelkatha Shabdangal: Pattu, Shareeram, Jathi which deals with the ideology of sound and the influence of technology on music, tries to dispel this notion. "On the other hand, the book discussed the politics of classification of music, politics of sound and the body movements and the politics of the place where different art forms have their roots." "Many of the critics of caste in music have understood it as something which is outside the realm of music like discriminations faced by performers," he says. The attempt was to understand how caste plays a key role in determining the practices in music, defining and classifying music styles and in determining music making, performance and listening habits.’’
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