No fancy prose can capture the culture, history, unique hybrid language and the lifestyle of the subalterns of Chennai as interestingly as Gaana songs can. Someone who has emerged as the ambassador ...

CHENNAI: Even ages ago, music was segregated as makkal isai, mann isai and mel isai, after all. Gaana, that was born in Tamil Nadu, has only now found a wide audience,” remarks Gaana Pa Julie Kumar.

This report is the fourthof a 12-part series on the changing face of the Indian slum, chronicling stories of new social and economic trends in our impoverished neighbourhoods Gaana, born in the narrow ...