Karthika Vaidyanathan is a musician and a music educator. She runs a music school called Swarakshara. She is also a playback singer and her song Kankal Etho from Chithha movie is very popular and has won several awards. She is a disciple of renowned Carnatic Musician Bombay Jayashree and her student is actor Aparna Balamurali. In this conversation in two parts we talk about her work, her music and how she manages her personal and professional life being a single mother. She speaks about love and relationships and shares how the major losses in her life that is the passing away of her loved ones and the separation from her husband has affected her. karthika vaidyanathan carnatic singer bombay jayashree chittha movie songs kankal etho best playback singer singer interview playback singer interview relationships advice on love loss and grief coping with death of loved ones