I
have observed the fusion of Carnatic music with many things: Hindustani
music, Jazz, Bollywood, Pop and Rap, but a few days back I witnessed
its foray into an unlikely arena: athletics. I listened, by turns
enthralled, excited, puzzled, annoyed, distressed and vexed, as the
music went through bouts of wrestling, racing, jumping and gymnastic
contortions, a veritable Olympic multi-event that shook the very
foundations of Carnatic music and propelled it into a brave new world.