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Passions: Sharad Sanghi, Net Magic
“When you're playing the tabla, you are not thinking about work, or anything else. It takes you away from daily life.”
By Jacob Cherian
Photograph by Mexy Xavier
Sharad Sanghi has many interests in life—cricket, football, tabla and, of course, his decade-old technology company, Net Magic. Though he claims there is nothing that consumes his passion more than the mechanics of his Rs 100-crore business, the 43-year-old entrepreneur religiously practices his skills on the tabla every Saturday. As his hands strum up rhythmic taals on the wooden drums for about an hour and a half, his mind travels down the memory lane to his childhood, when his mother arranged for him to learn the basics of the instrument. He even remembers some of the taals from those early days of practice. Five years ago, when he watched his children—a daughter and a son—learn classical vocal and instrumental music, Sanghi, too, decided to pick up the rhythm of his childhood. Now, when the master comes to the Sanghi household, the practice session becomes a group activity for the father and his children. Together, they are happy to let their fingers do the talking.
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