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There is no doubt that Anoushka Shankar has music in her blood as she mesmerizes one and all with her sitar.
Hailed as a child prodigy, Anoushka Shankar started learning to play the sitar at the age of 7 under the guidance of her father, the late Pandit Ravi Shankar. Being the daughter of a legend, comparisons were inevitable but today, her performances continue to captivate audiences all over the world.
Anoushka gave her first public performance when she was 13 and released her first album at 17. She was the youngest and first woman nominee for the Grammy awards in the World Music category for her album Live at Carnegie Hall. Anoushka has collaborated with several leading names in the music industry, such as Sting and Madonna.
Anoushka is an ardent supporter of animal rights as well as the spokesperson for the United Nations World Food Programme in India. Recently, Anoushka has also spoken out to lend support to the One Billion Rising campaign which aims to spread awareness and combat violence against women.
Why we find her inspiring:
– For her incredible talent and passion for music
– For using her celebrity status to take up social causes
– For bravely accepting that she was a victim of child sexual abuse in a country where such issues are swept under the carpet
*Photo source: World Music Central.
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Neena was the sole caregiver of Amma and though one would think that Amma was dependent on her, Neena felt otherwise.
Neena inhaled the aroma that emanated from the pan and took a deep breath. The aroma of cumin interspersed with butter transported her back to the modest kitchen in her native village. She could picture her father standing in the kitchen wearing his white crisp kurta as he made delectable concoctions for his only daughter.
Neena grew up in a home where both her parents worked together in tandem to keep the house up and running. She had a blissful childhood in her modest two-room house. The house was small but every nook and cranny gave her memories of a lifetime. Neena’s young heart imagined that her life would follow the same cheerful course. But how wrong she was!
When she was sixteen, the catastrophic clutches of destiny snatched away her parents. They passed away in a road accident and Neena was devastated. Relatives thronged her now gloomy house and soon it was decided that she should be married off.
Being a writer, Nivedita Louis recognises the struggles of a first-time woman writer and helps many articulate their voice with development, content edits as a publisher.
“I usually write during night”, says author Nivedita Louis during our conversation. Chuckling she continues,” It’s easier then to focus solely on writing. Nivedita Louis is a writer, with varied interests and one of the founders of Her Stories, a feminist publishing house, based in Chennai.
In a candid conversation she shared her journey from small-town Tamil Nadu to becoming a history buff, an award-winning author and now a publisher.
Nivedita was born and raised in a small town in Tamil Nadu. It was for schooling that she first arrived in Chennai. Then known as Madras, she recalls being awed by the city. Her love-story with the city, its people and thus began which continues till date. She credits her perseverance and passion to make a difference to her days as a vocational student among the elite sections of Madras.
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