Ridhi Sidhi Shehnai

We are located at 3 Kha 4 B in Jawahar Nagar. It’s a residential area but we’ve made our space here. Usually, you can hear some music coming from our windows during the day. We have various instruments leaning against the walls and cases piled up in the corners. It’s not a big place, just a few rooms where we get together. The neighborhood is mostly quiet, so we try not to be too loud late at night. We spend a lot of time cleaning the instruments and making sure everything sounds okay. There are some old rugs on the floor where we sit and practice. It’s a bit worn out, but it’s comfortable for us. We keep our schedules on a big paper calendar taped to the wall. Sometimes friends from the area drop by just to listen or chat. We don’t have a sign that’s very big, so people usually find us by asking the neighbors or following the sound of the shehnai. The curtains are usually drawn to keep the sun out because it gets quite hot in the afternoons. We have a small kitchen in the back where we make tea for whoever is visiting. It’s a relaxed atmosphere, not like a corporate office at all. We just focus on our craft and wait for the next call to go and play somewhere. It’s been our home base for quite a while now.