Indian music is therapeutic - what better proof of it than all our greats - who lived longer enough to have career span of several decades.
Pt Ravishankar 92
Pt Bheemsen Joshi 88
Pt Jasraj 90
Lata Di 92
M Balamuralikrishna 86
Gangubai Hangal 96
MS Subbulakshmi 88
Pt Ravishankar 92
Pt Bheemsen Joshi 88
Pt Jasraj 90
Lata Di 92
M Balamuralikrishna 86
Gangubai Hangal 96
MS Subbulakshmi 88
Kishori Amonkar 84
Mogubai Kurdikar 86
Kesarbai Kerakar 88
Hirabai Barodekar 84
Radha Viswanathan 83
Vidya Rajendran 84
Kalki Sadasivam 95
I can go on and on and on
Mogubai Kurdikar 86
Kesarbai Kerakar 88
Hirabai Barodekar 84
Radha Viswanathan 83
Vidya Rajendran 84
Kalki Sadasivam 95
I can go on and on and on
https://twitter.com/alok_bhatt/status/1490332237740781571
Perhaps reason lies in the fact that exponents of Indian classical music have to follow a regimented kind of disciplined lifestyle.
Compare it to the western one- without being judgemental- note how many western geniuses fell to drugs n committed suicide at very young age!
Compare it to the western one- without being judgemental- note how many western geniuses fell to drugs n committed suicide at very young age!
Not being judgemental: only putting facts on record as they are- western musical geniuses who perished before 27! rollingstone.com/culture/cultur… 
Note that cute childish smile with which she spoke about her “unknown pain and sufferings” -yet never went astray.
Joplin’s loneliness & failed relationships is cited as reason for her taking extreme step. Without comparing 2,diff is also abt therapeutic nature of Indian music!
Joplin’s loneliness & failed relationships is cited as reason for her taking extreme step. Without comparing 2,diff is also abt therapeutic nature of Indian music!
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