4.1   The two guiding lights: K.V. Narayanaswamy                 188
4.2   The musician from Thanjavur: T.M. Tyagarajan               190
4.3   The maestro from Madurai: T.N. Seshagopalan                194
4.4   In the footprints of the guru: B. Rajam Iyer               197
4.5   Fusion of art and science: Nedunuri Krishnamurthy          200
4.6   An accomplished artiste: Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana      203
4.7   A musician with clear ideals: R.K. Srikantan               206
4.8   Experimenting is his forte: T.V. Gopalakrishnan            209
4.9   Strict adherence to tradition: Mani Krishnaswamy           212
4.10  Quiet flows vidwat: R. Vedavalli                           216
4.11  Gentle swing in their career: C. Saroja and C. Lalitha     218
4.12  The playing fingers play on: T.N. Krishnan                 221
4.13  From mud lamp flicker to effulgence: Lalgudi Jayaraman     224
4.14  Quite at ease with North and South: M.S. Gopalakrishnan    227
4.15  Mother's vision fulfilled: M. Chandrasekharan              230
4.16  Unravelling the mysteries of Nada: V.V. Subramaniam        233
4.17  Blessings from Acharya, pat from Mali: T. Rukmini          236
4.18  A wealth of percussive expertise: T.K. Murthy              238
4.19  The gift of Umayalpuram: Umayalpuram Sivaraman             242
4.20  Challenges brought out his best: Palghat Raghu             245
4.21  Sound of gentle rhythm: Vellore Ramabhadran                248
4.22  Remarkable service to laya: Karaikudi Mani                 251
4.23  The ghatam goes global: T.H. Vinayak Ram                   255
4.24  On the frets without fret and fume: K.P. Sivanandam        258
4.25  A disciple as eminent as the guru: Flute Ramani            261
4.26  Harbingers of a revolution: Sikkil sisters                 263
4.27  My aim is to satisfy all sections of audience: 
           Kunnakudi R. Vaidyanathan                             265
4.28  Captivating voice: K. J. Yesudas                           268
4.29  Uncompromising musical ideals: T. K. Govinda Rao           270
4.30  A gifted musician: Voleti Venkateswarulu                   271
4.31  The masses adored him: Maharajapuram Santhanam             272