Misogyny Persists in Carnatic Music, Women Percussionists Face Discrimination

Imagine a special kind of Indian music called Carnatic music.

For a long time, some people in this music world have been unfair to women who play instruments, especially drums like the mridangam.

Even though women have played music for hundreds of years, male musicians sometimes don't want to play with them.

They might say it's because of tradition or how women move differently when playing drums, which they think is 'un-feminine'.

Recently, a famous male drum player even refused to play a concert with a woman drummer, even though he had played with her before.

This shows that it's still hard for women to be accepted and respected as musicians, especially in harder-to-play instruments like the drums, and their stories are often not told as much in history books.