Dr. Kota Shivaram Karanth was interviewed by Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy over two days at the Karanth home in Saligrama village, Bhramavara taluk, Udupi District, Karnataka. Also present were Leela Alva Karanth, wife of Kota Shivaram Karanth, and ethnomusicologist Amy Catlin-Jairazbhoy. The first day of the interview was recorded on audio cassette. This video records the second day. During the interview, pieces of music that were recorded by A. A. Bake in India in 1938 were played back to Dr. Karanth, who comments. He also discusses the meetings that he had with Bake in India.
