Talk:N. Ramani

message: What is Ramani's doctorate in and what degree does he hold?  Badagnani 05:29, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Doctorate

message: A few too many superlatives in this article to be NPOV.  Powers 16:12, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll refrain from adding a SOFIXIT tag, but, all right, let's work to improve it.  Badagnani 18:27, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well I wanted to see if anyone agreed, and I'm also completely unfamiliar with the subject matter.  =)  Powers 21:10, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Cleaned up pov. I know nothing of the facts on this article so some of the facts need verification.I already forgot 20:14, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

text: It's much better now.  Except that the "trinity" mentioned in the article is discussed as such -- those three composers are considered as saints and founders of the tradition.  Badagnani 20:20, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV Issues 

message: http://www.chennaionline.com/musicseason99/interview/ramani.asp
In the industry of music, especially in India, awards do not merely refer to academic citations and even in countries like the USA, France and Britain, honorary doctorates are valued and prized much higher than academic doctorates in the field of music. For Dr. Ramani, he received his doctorate of music in the Arizona, USA.
Please do further read up on Indian websites of music and government websites of India on music awards and also understand that interpreting Indian music as a whole is beyond the scope of academic pursuit alone and one which transcends to a spritual realm in order to completely comprehend and achieve proficiency.
Thank you very much for your detailed interrogation of this work. --—Preceding unsigned comment added by Harryl (talk • contribs) 
::Many Indian musicians hold doctorates in other, non-music fields (such as the sciences).  From which institution in Arizona did he obtain his music degree?  I was unaware that one could major in Carnatic music in Arizona, as I have never heard of a Carnatic music program at any university there.  Badagnani 15:58, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: To what are you referring? The source does not state where, when, or how he received his doctorate. If you know, please respond here so we may add this important information to the article. Badagnani 16:11, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There's no necessity to be rude or make incorrect assertions about the extent of one's knowledge of Carnatic music.  I watch Dr. Ramani perform each year at the St. Thyagaraja Aradhana in Cleveland, Ohio, where I live and he is my favorite Carnatic flutist.  Asking questions about details of people's lives, on the "discussion" pages of biographical articles, is normal here.  No dramatics are needed, just actual facts.  In the case of Dr. N. Ramani's doctorate and its source, little information is available online other than the U.S. state where he received it.  Thus, I asked here, because you seemed knowledgeable.  Badagnani 16:01, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

text: The "neutrality" tag was added early on (not by me) following the writing of this article, properly, I believe, as the article was full of statements like "this magnificent artist has reached the pinnacle of the arts" -- NPOV statements more suitable for a magazine or the bio on his own website.  I fixed some of that, but I think it might still need a bit of work to conform to Wikipedia's policy in this regard.  Badagnani 16:04, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I added it a while back, and was kind of waiting for someone to agree with me before I undertook any changes.  I agree that it still needs a bit of work.  Powers 16:37, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

text: The use of "burnished" on more than one occasion also seems confusing and idiosyncratic.  Badagnani 16:53, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

text: Please sign your talk page comments with ~~~~.  Thanks.  Powers 15:41, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Doctorates of Music 

message: The T. R. Mahalingam (flautist) article is in a pretty sorry state... Some of the contributors to this page might be able to help improve it? I've changed it quite a bit from the old version: current version, but I don't know much about Mali myself, and people here might be more knowledgeable, know more refs (and there is more in the linked refs themselves that could be included...). Regards, --Shreevatsa (talk) 04:13, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[T. R. Mahalingam (flautist)]]