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Aniruddha Knight
Bharatanatyam Artiste
"I can't take my baggage up on stage"..
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Vidya Balan
Actor
Life has taught me about acting and acting has taught me about life..
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AR Rahman
Musician/Song-writer/Singer
“To make music, I wait for that quiet moment when everything settles down” ..
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Lakshmi Vishwanathan
Bharatanatyam Artiste
“I’ve always been particular about being to the point, and brief”..
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Jayanthi Kumaresh
Veena Artiste
"Tradition is Addition"..
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Karthick Iyer
Violin Artiste
"Music need not have an agenda" ..
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Prahlad Tipanya
Folk Artiste
"Kabir is a presence"..
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Rasika Shekar
Flautist/Singer
"Music is my emotional outlet"..
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Vyjayanthi Kashi
Kuchipudi Artiste
"I am a tough person"..
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Kapila Venu
Kutiyattam Artiste
"Learning dynamism is a slow, organic process"..
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Niladri Kumar
Sitar/Zitar Artiste
“Classical music is an introvert-ish form of joy”..
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Sid Sriram
Singer/Composer/Song-writer
"I'm pretty guarded in regular life. But the stage is where I am at my energetic ..
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Leela Samson
Bharatanatyam Artiste
“The classical demands rigour"..
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Vishakha Hari
Harikatha Exponent
“Much of my learning is by svanubhava”..
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Padmini Chettur
Contemporary Artiste
"I do everything slowly, even my living"..
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Prathap A
Photographer
“Photographing the Kattaikkuttu required a totally different frame of mind” ..
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Farida Khanum
Classical and Ghazal Artiste
“A ghazal is meant to convey the shayar's andaz”..
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Kailash Kher
Singer/Song-writer/Composer
“Creativity comes from the universe, and reaches the universe”..
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Anil Srinivasan
Classical-Contemporary Pianist
“You cannot lie when you play an instrument”..
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Konkona Sensharma
Actor/Director
“I found it very liberating to be behind the camera”..
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Gurumayum Biseshwor Sharma
Thang Ta Artiste
"Training in Thang Ta is a kind of social service"..
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Devdutt Pattanaik
Mythologist/Leadership Consultant/Auth
“Scholarship demands being a dispassionate observer, not a revolutionary”..
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Pandit Birju Maharaj
Kathak Artiste
"Riyaaz never ends, because we can never attain complete perfection"..
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Ranjani-Gayatri
Carnatic Musicians
"Great things are always simple"..
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Guru Sadanam P V Balakrishnan
Kathakali Artiste
"Art must not drag people lower, but raise them higher"..
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Vyasarpadi Kothandaraman
Nadaswaram Artiste
"If we take good care of the art, the art will take good care of us"..
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Mandeep Raikhy
Contemporary Artiste
"My rule book is dynamic; it shifts with time"..
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Roysten Abel
Theatre Director and Playwright
"If you really go into the heart of the personal, you reach the universal"..
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Rupban Chitrakar
Patachitra Artiste
"I want to remain rooted in my own village"..
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Sai Shravanam
Sound Designer/Musician
"For me, escape is outside the studio"..
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Abhishek Raghuram
Carnatic Musician
"Only when you allow yourself to be inspired, will the art inside you grow"..
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Chithra Madhavan
Historian
"A temple is a representation of the entire universe"..
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Gayathri Venkataraghavan
Carnatic Musician
"The voice is the vehicle; it’s like a bird in flight"..
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Ani Choying Drolma
Musician
"Everything starts with oneself first"..
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Ramana Balachandhran
Veena artiste
"The veena is my second voice"..
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Gundecha Brothers
Dhrupad Artistes
Dhrupad is like the mighty Himalayas. We are literally tiny men in front of it..
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T M Krishna
Singer, Author, Public Speaker and Wri
Vulnerability is the essence of art..
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Arundhathi Subramaniam
Poet, Writer and Anthologist
The reading of poetry is intimacy..
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B C Manjunath
Mridangam and Konnakkol Artiste
My life and music are inseparable..
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Aruna Sairam
Carnatic musician
I am a people's person..
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Anantha R Krishnan
Mridangam Artiste
The quality of your legacy is how well you are able to find your path..
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Sandeep Narayan
Carnatic Musician
My identity simply takes on my characteristics..
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Kuldeep M Pai
Composer, Musician and Music Producer
Carnatic Music is for your internal growth..
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Dr Srinidhi Chidambaram
Bharatanatyam artiste
"Dance becomes magic with the right music and nattuvangam"..
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Madurai R Muralidharan
Dancer, Choreographer, Music Composer,
"I live for music and rhythm"..
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Malavika Sarukkai
Dancer, Choreographer, Mentor
"Dance and I now walk side-by-side as trusted companions"..
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Rithvik Raja
Classical Musician
"I find myself leaning more towards choices that are driven by music rather than p..
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Megha Rao
Poet & Visual Artist
"All art is personal, political, there’s no question of that"..
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Meera Sreenarayanan
Bharatanatyam Artiste
“Dance is my ikigai. Everything I do, is actually pointing towards dance”..
