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She did a little singing

She Sang for India: How M. S. Subbulakshmi Uses Her Voice for Change by Suma Subramaniam

May 27, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Do you know who M. S. Subbulakshmi (Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi) was? She was a woman of India that broke gender barriers, had a powerful voice, and used it for justice and peace. Subbulakshmi was a young girl in India when girls had little options. A passion was signing, and she would sing whenever she could. And in She Sang for India: How M. S. Subbulakshmi Uses Her Voice for Change you see how she would use her singing to show her love of her homeland, […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Asian - General, Biography & Autobiography, Cultural &Ethnic & Regional, India, M. S. Subbulakshmi, Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi, music, Peace, Shreya Gupta, Singers, Suma Subramaniam, women

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:254 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Asian - General, Biography & Autobiography, Cultural &Ethnic & Regional, India, M. S. Subbulakshmi, Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi, music, Peace, Shreya Gupta, Singers, Suma Subramaniam, women ·
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