M. S. Subbulakshmi is one of the foremost musicians of India. As a first-time foreign listener put it: "M.S. does not sing. She makes divinity manifest." She sings here a bhajan (religious song) of Meera in Hindi (she has played the role of Meera in the film portraying the life of that devotee-poetess of the 16th century who, though queen of a Rajput state, abandoned the court and palace and sang her soul-stirring songs on Krishna amidst the holiest and lowliest). Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (Tami