post to cap off this series, I thought I'd feature a guest post, to provide more diverse content to my readers. My guest today is a dear friend, a fantastic musician, an erudite connoisseur and student of music, Shreyas Kuchibhotla. His musical talent is rivalled only by his prowess at articulating his musical opinions in words. A man of many (also choosy) tastes and likings, he is also a passionate ophiophilist, author, poet and much more. This is a post expressing his opinions on how consistency works in the Carnatic domain.