Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia in concert with Chandra
One of the highlights of the
Auroville Festival in Chennai was the sound of Chandra’s haunting flute which
concluded the inauguration. But such mastery does not come easily. Here
Auroville-born Chandra talks about her upbringing in Auroville, her three year
apprenticeship with bamboo flute maestro Hariprasad Chaurasia, and her recent
academic journey which led to her gaining a place at Cambridge University.
What was your school experience in Auroville?
Interesting! I went to a number of
different schools. The one I enjoyed most was Mirramukhi. It was a very
alternative form of education. They created their own curriculum, they didn’t
want to use anything that came from outside and everything was in French: I
didn’t learn to read or write English until after I left. Their philosophy was
based upon perfection; everything that you made or did had to be an expression
of beauty in its most perfect form. It
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