Hindustani Sangeeth Vidhyapeeth

Our music school is located in Shankarapuram at 69/2. It’s an old neighborhood with a lot of character, and we’ve been part of it for a while now. When you come inside, you’ll see that we keep things very simple. We don't have any modern glass partitions or air conditioning in every room, just fans and open windows. Most of the students come in the evenings after they finish their regular school or work. We sit on the floor and focus on the traditional ways of learning Hindustani sangeeth. There is a lot of repetition and listening involved, so you might hear the same scale being played for an hour straight if you walk past our building. The instruments like the sitar or the tanpura need a lot of care, so we spend some time just tuning them and making sure the strings are okay. We aren't trying to be a big academy, just a place where people can come and learn at their own pace. Sometimes we have small gatherings where the students perform for each other, and we all share some snacks and tea afterward. It feels more like a family than a school most of the time. The street outside can get a bit busy with people going to the local shops, but once the music starts, it feels very different inside. We just keep doing what we do, day after day, keeping the traditions going.