The NGOs gather all the people under their care into a common room equipped with a large TV set and sound system. Then we set up a Calendar of Concerts with the NGOs for an entire year. People who live with depression or other mental illnesses. People living with a terminal illness in hospice centersĬancer survivors or people taking treatment for cancerĮlderly people at institutional centers or at the homes of the eldersĬhildren who have no family or social supportĬhildren who were born to sex workers, and are in the care of a well-meaning institution.Īdults or children who live with physical or intellectual disability We tie up with NGOs who give care to these sections of our population. How do you execute this one-of-its-kind concept? Anxious that I should not forget it, I hurriedly scribbled it down on a notepad that I keep within my right hand’s reach on a small round desk beside my bed. The name of SMA Nirvana also came in the dream.

It was the dream of holding free, 60-minute live music concerts for anyone who had an internet connection and could watch the concerts on their mobile phones. Can SMA lessen the suffering and anxiety of people? I still vividly remember-sleeping with this thought running in my mind, I woke up around 3:00 AM startled by a dream that made my heart pump with joy. I wondered what we could do as Shankar Mahadevan Academy to make a difference-apart from making monetary donations. The whole uncertainty over what one could do or could not was stressing the whole world. I remember being terribly affected, like many others were, by the huge number of affected people-who suffered mental as well as physical agony. The idea was presented to me in a dream during the early hours of one morning in August 2021. How did the idea of SMA Nirvana come to you? The Free Press Journal caught up with its Founder and CEO, Sridhar Ranganathan, for an exclusive chat.

Bollywood music director Shankar Mahadevan has been quietly enhancing countless lives through the Shankar Mahadevan Academy.

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