When music provides the healing touch

Music is all about harmony and has a big role to play in bringing about harmony in society. On World Music Day on Sunday, this widely accepted concept found a novel expression in the capital city via Swaranjali, an organisation of music lovers. Swaranjali joined hands with the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA), Thiruvananthapuram, and the Maanaveeyam Veedhi Theruvora Koottayma, to honour T.J. Joseph, the college teacher whose palm was chopped off by fundamentalist elements in 2012, with the ‘Harmony Award’ for being a role model for religious and communal harmony. Read more here…