At Mannes School of Music in New York City, the strains of a raga drifted through the air as the Indian-American violinist and composer Sathvi Ramaseshan began her graduation recital with an “alaap” in Puriya Kalyan, composed by a friend. For many in the audience, it...
(March 3, 2024) Growing up in Mumbai in a family deeply rooted in the arts, musician Ambika Nayak aka Kayan, frequented theaters for plays and concerts, immersing herself in the world of creativity. Her mother, a Hindustani classical vocalist, her grandmother, a...
(January 25, 2024) At 15, when most kids were in school and still working on deciding their career path, Vaibhav Mohanty was already accepted to Harvard. By 2019, the youngster had graduated from the University with a master’s degree in chemistry (theory) and a...
(June 5. 2022) A minor league baseball game in Sacramento, featuring the home team, the Sacramento River Cats, became the somewhat unlikely setting for history to be made. But made it was, when 16-year old Neil Nayyar opened the game playing the national anthem...
