Yearly Archives: 2021


Mountain View, CA, November 4th, 2021 – Happy Deepavali! Upbeat Labs has released its latest update to My TalaVadyam on the Apple App Store on this auspicious day. My TalaVadyam is a first-of-its-kind innovative Carnatic Percussion Sequencer app that takes the traditional Mora/Korvai/Mridangam Sequence notation and transforms it into a […]

My TalaVadyam Carnatic Percussion Sequencer App receives major update


M.L. Vasanthakumari
Alas, every good thing must come to an end! The last stamp in our lineup is the Rs. 5 stamp issued by the Department of Posts on July 3, 2018 to commemorate Madras Lalitangi Vasanthakumari . Born into a family of singers, this classical Indian Carnatic vocalist was eventually known […]

Carnatic Postage Stamp Series #19 – M.L. Vasanthakumari


M.S. Subbulakshmi
Number 18 in our lineup is the commemorative stamp for $1.20 of the inimitable M.S. Subbulakshmi, released by the United Nations on 2 October 2016. The stamp was released at a special ceremony at the UN headquarters to mark India’s ratification of the historic Paris climate deal. Readers will note […]

Carnatic Postage Stamp Series #18 – Dr. M.S. Subbulakshmi – ...




Veenai Dhanammal
The next in our line up is the Rs. 5 commemorative stamp of Veenai Dhanammal, which was issued on 03 December 2010. Dhanammal was born in George Town, Chennai into a family of musicians and dancers in 1867. Her great grandmother, grand mother and her own mother were all accomplished […]

Carnatic Postage Stamp Series #16 – Veenai Dhanammal


T.N. Rajarathnam Pillai
We’re resuming our Carnatic Postage Stamp series after an extended delay – our apologies! The next in our lineup is the Rs. 5 commemorative stamp of T.N. Rajarathinam Pillai, issued on December 3rd, 2010. T.N. Rajarathinam Pillai was a Carnatic musician, Nadaswaram Maestro, vocalist and film actor. He was popularly […]

Carnatic Postage Stamp Series #15 – T.N. Rajarathinam Pillai