Shri Lalitharam Ramachandran spent two days with 98 years “young” Sangita Kalanidhi Shri Sripada Pinakapani recently at his home in Andhra Pradesh and has documented his conversations with the maestro in his blog post http://carnaticmusicreview.wordpress.com/2010/08/03/dr-pinakapani-98/ . The English version of the same (translated by Shri V. Ramnarayan) has been published in the August 2010 edition of the Sruti Magazine.
I thank Shri Lalitharam Ramachandran for giving me permission to link to his posts and envy him for the wonderful time he got to spend with Shri Pinakapani ( just kidding 😉 )
Ramkumar R 
Dear Ram,
Thanks for sharing the link in your blog. I had interviewed him exactly an year back. I met him a few months back too. Those two days will be etched in my memory forever.
regards
Lalitharam
I can’t thank you enough for sharing the experience with all of us.