New Delhi, June 10 (TIWN) Now well-settled into her craft, noted Kuchipudi dancer Shallu Jindal experimented with a whole range of performing arts before founding her 'swadharma' and returning to the classical dance.

While she remembers with deep reverence her Kuchipudi gurus Raja and Radha Reddy, under whose tutelage she started learning dance in her 30s, Jindal can clearly recall her childhood Kathak lessons and what brought her to it.

"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.