A few weeks back, I had written a post summarizing views expressed by a few popular Carnatic artists on taking up "Carnatic music as a career". As a follow up to that, here is an article I read in The Hindu today which summarizes the views of popular percussionists Sri J.Vaidyanathan (mridangam), Sri S. Karthick (ghatam) and Sri B.S. Purushottaman (Khanjira) on the many aspects of the profession. The article ends with the line "As things stand, J.Vaidyanathan, S.Karthick and B.S.Purushotthaman advise their disciples not to become professional percussionists".