Coffee with Semmangudi
The cup was made of silver and was shining. The coffee though was not exactly ‘Tanjavur Degree Coffee’. It was good but not great. If you get an image of me sipping coffee leisurely with Semmangudi wipe that image clean off your mind. My idea is to write about the coffee book on Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer which was released last year during his centenary celebrations. I know I am late with the review but as the saying goes “Better late..” and all that. The book is co-authored by V.Subramaniam and Sriram .V. (I guess Sriram put his initial after his name so that people will not mistake him to be a brother of Subramaniam). The title is “Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer – Life & Music”. This is supposed to be a coffee table book and is priced Rs.790/-. Published by East West Books. A CD comes along with the book. Lets have a look at the book . Sriram writes about the Life part of Semmangudi while Subramaniam writes about the Music part. Sriram, as usual, does a good job docum