#CarnaticJihadi
Early this morning, a wise angel came and told me to write this.
Do you know who is a #CarnaticJihadi!?
First of all, Carnatic music is a global phenomenon, like ChatGPT, Insta, rocket science, GM food, rock music and cricket. It is not immune to terrorism either. So the time has come to define the #CarnaticJihadi.
- The #CarnaticJihadi comes from a well-to-do background, and has learnt music from the masters.
- The #CarnaticJihadi is an accomplished performer and builds a good fan following.
- The #CarnaticJihadi gladly accepts all medals, honours, titles, speaking opportunities and invitations to write books, as this gives a ready platform to do his work.
- The #CarnaticJihadi is an iconoclast, badmouthing the tradition and the masters from whom he has benefited greatly. He does not hesitate to hit dead people below the belt.
- The catch words are 'Tradition", "Orthodoxy", "Parochialism", "This corruption called Bhakti" and such. They pepper all his communications that ask the people to rise in arms.
- The #CarnaticJihadi is singing the same old songs of the masters, delivering the same tradition, even though he prefaces every song and performance with the preaching he is well known for.
- The key leverage for the #CarnaticJihadi is A. Tradition B. The audience that loves this tradition. It is the height of hypocrisy that he is trying to subvert the same two things as a #CarnaticJihadi!
- If we take away the tradition and the traditional audience that the #CarnaticJihadi is leveraging, he will be nothing. Those wokeist audiences who relish badmouthing tradition have many other avenues for entertainment and would consider the #CarnaticJihadi without his music as worth nothing.
Note: I have used "he" for the #CarnaticJihadi. However, this would apply equally to any "she" who also fits these criteria.
