WHY M.S.SUBBULAKSHMI RAN OUT OF MADURAI TOWARDS MADRAS
WHY M.S.SUBBULAKSHMI RAN OUT OF MADURAI TOWARDS MADRAS Why did MS Subbulakshmi run away from her mother’s attempt to find a man for her? In Shanmugavadivu’s world things were preordained and all lines clearly drawn. What was familiar was what was good. A wealthy husband was the most thoughtful gift a mother could provide for her daughter. In her opinion, although Sadasivam possessed a car, he was certainly not wealthy. He talked big but he was only an employee of someone else. When her daughter was already a known musician and pretty too, why should she settle for such an ordinary person instead of an owner of mills that employed thousands or a zamindar holding vast tracts of land? She had found a handsome raja for her daughter once, but the girl had proved headstrong then and did not follow her mother’s advice. Perhaps she was too young then to know what was good for her. Circumstances must be different now, for Subbulakshmi had been exposed to the big world of Madras and ...