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Sikkil C. Gurucharan about himself…

It was some time in 1987. This 5-year-old boy affectionately called Charan at home was coaxed by his grandparents Sikkil Sisters to sing any tune. After quite a bit of cajoling, he sang a popular film number. His grandparents especially Smt Neela was amazed at the “sruthi sudhham” or tonal perfection in his singing and also the near-perfect alignment of the notes. Together they decided that he must pursue vocal music. Almost every second member in the family had taken up flute. Hence they were insistent that at least this boy should pursue a different art form namely singing, as he had already shown immense promise at that age."

The above paragraph describes how I was fortunate enough to make my intial forays into the Divine Art called Carnatic music. My father had shifted to Hyderabad at that juncture for official reasons and our whole family had to shift our base. Technically speaking, my music classes started then. My mother taught me the initial exercises and other songs like Mudhaakaratha modhakam, Madhuraashtakam, Kurai Onrum illai etc. She also taught flute to my sister and I used to involuntarily register those kritis also in my mind. A couple of years passed in such a fashion.

In 1990, we returned to Chennai(then, Mad

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