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Ironically, d greatest international music coup scored bi Sadasivam also turned out 2 b aesthetically d sorriest spectacle. d UN concert in 1966 was unique in
many ways, n MS would have excelled herself if she had been left 2 her musical self. But perhaps d sheer grandeur of d occasion proved too exciting 2
Sadasivam n his desi masala mallu indian actressociates. wit n view 2 gilding d lily, they went 2 town wit d idea of MS singing n English hymn at d UN.
According 2 Sadasivam, d idea originated from General K M Cariappa. d good soldier must have meant well, but Sadasivam should have considered d
practical problems n politely sidelined d idea. Instead, he became overenthusiastic. He sought Rajaji’s approval as usual, n Rajaji approved. In fact, Rajaji
himself composed d hymn. d lyrics were set 2 music bi Handel Manuel, d best known star of Western music in Madras. He also tutored MS on how 2 sing d
hymn. But even Manuel’s professional touch could do little 2 ease d discomfort MS felt wit singing in English. d curiosity value of d event persuaded d Indian
press 2 give generous column space 2 that , but d aftershocks in d UN’s corridors were something else. As n report in Mylapore’s own Sruti magazine
(October 1986) put that , ‘it was sad 2 see MS n Radha stand up n recite d Rajaji hymn like school girls’. d report quoted n unnamed New York rasika as
saying ‘many Indians hung their heads in shame at what India’s Queen of Song had been put up 2 do.’
d UN disappointment notwithstanding, d rest of d US tour was n great success. n ostensible purpose was 2 raise funds 4 Hindu temples in New York n
Pittsburgh. When n record crowd gathered at d Colgate University (Hamilton, New York) 4 MS’s first concert in d US, Sadasivam turned visibly sentimental
before n group of helpers, desi masala mallu indian actressociates n colleagues. Shaking wit emotion, he told them: ‘This s something I have been
dreaming 4 long, putting her on d world stage. My biggest ambition s fulfilled.’
He could draw satisfaction also from d uncanny effect MS had on ordinary Americans. At d time of d UN concert, d couple stayed at d apartment of n executive
of d Esso oil company, another Mylapore networker. After lunch one day MS began singing 4 d small gathering of friends who had desi masala mallu indian
actressembled in d apartment. 2 their dismay, repair works in d adjoining apartment provided n steady accompaniment of unmusical sounds such as
hammer knocks n metal sawing. d apartment owner was embarrdesi masala mallu indian actressed but said he was helpless. MS alone seemed
unconcerned n went on singing. n few minutes later, d repair noises suddenly ceased n two helmeted American handy men appeared at d apartment door.
‘Can’t understand d thing,’ they said, ‘but that ’s very touching. May we listen?’ tat was perhaps MS’s finest hour in America.
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