Krishna speaks and writes about issues affecting the human condition and about matters cultural. His path-breaking book A Southern Music – The Karnatik Story, published by Harper Collins in 2013 was a first-of-its-kind philosophical, aesthetic and socio-political exploration of Karnatik Music and was awarded the 2014 Tata Literature Award for Best First Book in the non-fiction category. In 2016, Krishna received the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award and the Indira Gandhi Award in 2017.