"My mother did her M.A. in classical music. My foray into the performing arts happened because my parents loved singing. When I turned 8, my mother was keen that I must pursue some kind of performing art. That's why I started learning Kathak.

 

"I also learnt sitar, guitar, Hindustani classical music, and theatre. I did a variety of performing arts, but my 'swadharma' was dance. And, I stuck on to it," she told IANS in an interview here.

 

It was a stroke of luck that made the Delhi-based dancer meet her gurus during a 'darshan' at the Tirupati temple in Andhra Pradesh. Now 46, and actively involved in corporate and philanthropic ventures with her husband and former parliamentarian Naveen Jindal, dance is still her second skin.