![]() The whole arangetram industry operates on two counts: one is money, it is a money-making racket and the other is caste. At the same time I have seen arangetrams done for mediocre, mediocre students. The reason could be a level of disinterest, a dismissal that ‘this is all they’re capable of’ or just a condescending favour. ![]() I think this is why you have a maker saying in the book that a young man learns mrdangam had he been from the brahmin caste, he would have performed by now. ![]() And uncomfortable though it may sound, sometimes I wonder if the players teach the maker’s son only to prove that they are “casteless human beings”, more a sign of their progressiveness than any interest in nurturing talent. It’s not as if any player is going to give them any extra attention. When a mrdangam maker wants to become a player-and in the book there are a few instances-they’re not going to get any benefit. ![]()
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