2 years on, Padma awardee toils as a daily wager in Hyderabad

Honoured two years ago with Padma Shri for reinventing the rare musical instrument ‘Kinnera’, Darshanam Mogulaiah was recently spotted toiling as a daily wager at a construction site near Hyderabad. Life struck another jarring note when a post-award grant of Rs 1 crore in cash from the Telangana govt was spent on family exigencies.