MEKHALA SENGUPTA is a former banker and corporate financier. Educated in economics and finance, she is an alumni of Lady Shri Ram College, the Moore School of Business, Columbia, and the London Business School. She has worked with the Export Import Bank of India, JM Financial and Morgan Stanley India, followed by Reliance Industries, CDC Limited London and Dresdner Bank and Commerzbank London. Her musical ability and interest led her to train in Dhrupad with the Dagar Brothers in Delhi. She was associated with a music foundation in Bombay which sought to bring the vintage cinema music of K.L. Saigal, Pankaj Mullick, Uma Shashi and Kanan Devi to the youth. She moved gradually into devotional music, bhajans, shlokas and chants, and easy-listening music. This is Mekhala's first book.
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