The invisible Theatre Personality in my family-My Father
Drama was a colloquial word in usage for long time synonyms to Natak or Natakam . Today, one comes across the world Theatre a lot and sounds better to use. However, many find it unacceptable to use interchangeably both Drama and Theatre . Born in an orthodox conservative Iyengar Brahmin family in 1936 Shri. T. Rangarajan was exposed to religious and spiritual readings, Shloka recitation, listening to Ramayana, Mahabharatha and Thiruppavai upanyasam discourses from younger days. His mother Rajammal fondly called by all as ‘Chitti’, use to tell short funny stories with proverbs and Tamil language saying based. So, from the beginning he was open to more of listening skill “Shravana”. As most of the discourses were oral in nature, this helped in developing listening skill. As always, his emphasis on youngsters to listen and develop this skill well. As he grew older, he developed an inclination towards reading rich script...