Two of a kind – MO and MS !

Have been reading about two women in detail the past week – Michelle Obama and M S Subbalakshmi . For the uninitiated, the latter is the doyen of Carnatic Classical Music. The former obviously needs no introduction.
How similar are the lives of two strikingly different people – the same elements of standing by your husband , the white house vs Kalki Gardens, Radha (for MS) vs Michelle’s daughters. The audacity (of hope, resilience and sheer courage) that binds both Sadaivam and Obama.
The courage to make a difference. The sheer indifference of not expecting anything in their newly found lives, by being there but not being affected. In making a difference to lives around them – the African-Amercian for Michelle/ Obama and the lives of other musicians around her for MS/Sadasivam.
Perhaps there is another thread here. The willingness to give in when required, be flexible when asked for, yet not compromising on personal principles, values.
To both these ladies, the attire is only a vehicle, a pathway to success. Its not the entireity. Values are. Bhakti is. Soul stirring incidents – be it Madurai or Chicago . Bo – the Portuguese breed dog is as much an icon as MS Blue – a colour of the silk sari that no south Indian lady would be seen without in her silk collection.

Be it garden parties at Kalki Gardens or kids’ sleep overs at the White House, both these women seem to be comfortable in their own skins, having not given into the radicality of the situation, but accepted it as it were. And polishing them with their inherent tenacity, silent female power and with no hesitation to take on a new creed – be it music or being the wife of the first Afro- American president.
To more such power !!