Bringing Karnatik music to Singapore's National Day Parade

Sushma Somasekharan left a career at one of the Big Four accounting firms to study Karnatik music in Chennai. More than a decade later, she is the first Karnatik vocalist to perform at this year's National Day Parade Show.

In this feature, Nanyang Business School alumna Sushma, reflects on what it means to bring a classical Indian art form to the nation's biggest stage and what #NTUsg gave her that she still carries today.

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