Singer and musician, Vidya Shah was constantly on the move, singing at literature festivals to concerts across the country. How has the artist been keeping up with it?

xVidya Shah was ten years old when she started to train in classical music. A South Indian who lived in Delhi, she grew up in a household that welcomed all genres of music. The artist recalls with a smile, “As a young child it is not easy to find joy in classical forms, especially as they are based on repetition. I remember I had the gentlest teacher, but in my mind he transformed into this looming creature from whom I had to learn every day!”

When that learning by habit turned into a lifelong passion, the singer, given her expansive range (from ghazal and Sufi to thumri and dadra, amongst others), believes the shift has h

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