Krishnamurthy, retired Director General of Doordarshan, (https://www.thehindu.com/society/meet-pvk-first-director...of.../article24994708 .ece) recalls T. Sankaran’s (Veena Dhanammal’s grandson) stint in AIR Tiruchi. One enterprising employee of Tiruchi AIR would give the artistes cash and later encash the cheque. This feature showed how folk songs were a part of our lives from cradle to grave. The Government of India has asked all stations to record, photograph and videograph folk songs in a natural setting. “All the folk songs we collected have been notated, and the lyrics translated to Hindi and English.

Source: The Hindu May 02, 2019 10:52 UTC