She was a wellspring of talent, a beacon of excellence and there was little she wasn't good at.. We went to the same school, and we learned Veena from the same Guru, A.S. Padma, and unsurprisingly, she was the Guru’s favourite. She was a Veena virtuoso; she played the instrument with the dexterity and ease of an established artiste. She sang like a nightingale; whisper a tune, and she’d name the Raagam in a heartbeat. Her mastery of Carnatic music was breathtaking, her sense of gamakam, raagam, and taalam, flawless.