Shying Away From Risk

Choreography in classical Kuchipudi using Hindi, English and Sufiana music without compromising on the grammar of the art is indeed an art in itself. We have aesthetically played around. I have been one of the first students of my guru and husband Raja Reddy and sister Radha. Our journey – both in art and investment - has been a long story. Rajaji ran away from home at the age of 17 to pursue his love for dance. It was 1965. Hailing from an influential family in Adilabad, now in Telangana, where performing art like dance was looked down with disdain, he was cut off from his family wealth. My father, who was his maternal uncle, took control of his portion of wealth, which included vast ginning of cotton, petrol pumps and real estate. For a decade, he was denied of everything. It was only when they got national and international acclaim, the family was convinced of his true worth....