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Nirmala Sitharaman slams DD for cutting off Tyagaraja Aradhana’s telecast

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Salute our Defence Minister for voicing her protest at DD's insensitivity!!

Nirmala Sitharaman slams DD for cutting off Tyagaraja Aradhana’s telecast

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today slammed Doordarshan for abruptly cutting off the live telecast of the annual Tyagaraja Aradhana to air an advertisement and termed it "thoughtless" and "insensitive".

By: PTI | New Delhi | Published: January 7, 2018
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Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today slammed Doordarshan for abruptly cutting off the live telecast of the annual Tyagaraja Aradhana to air an advertisement and termed it “thoughtless” and “insensitive”. )AP)

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today slammed Doordarshan for abruptly cutting off the live telecast of the annual Tyagaraja Aradhana to air an advertisement and termed it “thoughtless” and “insensitive”. The musical event is held to honour Telugu saint-composer Tyagaraja in Tamil Nadu’s Thiruvaiyaru between January to February. This is a week-long festival where various Carnatic musicians from across the world converge at his resting place. Prasar Bharati CEO S S Vempati termed the incident as “unfortunate” and assured of “strict action”.

Earlier, the minister had thanked the channel for live telecast of the musical tradition. “Thanks @DDNational for live telecast of this musical tradition. Such a treat to watch so many young aspiring musicians, as with every year, joining in the #Aradhana . Music lovers look forward to re-energise themselves by linking here. #Tyagaraja,” she said in a tweet. However, her excitement turned to anger when the channel cut-off the programme to air an advertisement. “Yo @DDNational what! You couldn’t wait for a few moments more for the Pancharatna Krithi-s to be completed. Advertisement and more. #Aradhana #Tyagaraja. Thoughtless, insensitive,” she tweeted.


Replying to her tweet, Vempati said, “Absolutely unfortunate madam. Strict action will be taken.” Saint Tyagaraja (4 May 1767–6 January 1847) composed thousands of devotional compositions, most in Telugu and in praise of Lord Rama, many of which remain popular today. Five of his compositions called the Pancharatna Kritis (five gems) are often sung in programs in his honour. “Now live on @DDNational #Aradhana #Tyagaraja in sweet #Telugu, sung by all. Tyagaraja’s bhakti was the longing of an earthly being to unite with his maker who he saw in Sri Rama. Tyagaraja cared nothing about living in poor financial condition, just kept pouring out his heart,” the minister had tweeted.

http://www.financialexpress.com/ind...ing-off-tyagaraja-aradhanas-telecast/1004757/
 
Perhaps the other side of the coin….

தியாகராஜர் ஆராதனையில் விளம்பரமா? டிடி மீது பாய்ந்த டிபென்ஸ் மினிஸ்டர்- நெட்டிசன்ஸ் லகலக

சென்னை: திருவையாறு தியாகராஜர் ஆராதனையை ஒளிபரப்பிய தூர்தர்ஷனில் விளம்பரம் போடப்பட்டதால் கொந்தளித்து போய் ட்விட்டரில் பதிவிட்டார் மத்திய பாதுகாப்பு அமைச்சர் நிர்மலா சீதாராமன். அவரது இந்த பதிவில் நெட்டிசன்கள் விமர்சனங்களை வகைதொகையில்லாமல் குவித்து வருகின்றனர்.

திருவையாறில் தியாகராஜர் ஆராதனைகளை பாடும் இசை நிகழ்ச்சியை கடந்த 5-ந் தேதி தூர்தர்ஷன் ஒளிபரப்பியது. இதை ரசித்துக் கொண்டே லைவ்வாக ட்விட்டரில் பதிவுகளை போட்டு வந்தார் அமைச்சர் நிர்மலா சீதாராமன்,

Read more at: https://tamil.oneindia.com/news/tam...a-sitharaman-s-berates-against-dd-307873.html
 
The statement of Defence Minister Mrs Nirmal Sitharaman echoes the views of music lovers all over the globe. Dooradharshan enjoys the monopoly to Telecast all National events, but their performance is utterly poor. They are still in eighteenth century in selection of events for telecasting ! Many of the people whom we see in DD programs are there for ages till retirement. There is no innovative changes in selection of programs, technical modernization or selection of efficient people to run the shows.
The current trend of running the departments to show revenue is prevailing in DD also.
I wish the criticism of Defence Minister is taken in its right spirit and corrective action is taken by Prasar Bharathi.
Brahmanyan
Bangalore.
 
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