Music.
Learning.
Systems.
See the structure. Make it your own.
Indian music on guitar. Teaching and learning projects. Practical creativity.
Professional musician / Teacher / Engineer (BTech, IIT Madras)
CURRENT
Build From the Work
Most AI advice teaches generation. This book is about coordination.
AI can help us produce more while leaving us with distractions, half-started projects, and not enough real progress.
Build From the Work is about giving AI the context to remember what matters, keep priorities and unfinished work visible, work within clear boundaries, and know when to stop rather than simply generate more.
MUSIC
A long note
I play and create Indian Raga, evergreen film songs and chants through guitar, voice, arrangement and production. Playing since my 11th year on earth.
Students use my 'Industrial engineering' methods to move beyond rote repetition and trial and error, and understand how Indian music works on guitar. See book below
Chikku Bukku — Unusual Unplugged
An unusual unplugged interpretation of the evergreen film song.
Mahaganapathim
A guitar performance of the celebrated Carnatic composition.
From Scale to Raga
See how slides, arohana and avarohana rules transform the familiar C major scale into expressive raga-based music.
BOOK
Indian Music on Guitar
Learn expressive Carnatic raga on guitar through slides, gamakas, tabs, notation, fretboard diagrams, and techniques that go beyond scales alone.
LEARN
Teaching projects
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RagaCourses
Learn Indian Raga with structure and method.
Courses and teaching for guitarists and musicians who want to move from scales and notes toward actually understanding and using Raga.
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German with Love
Learn German based on you real need.
Structured German learning, exam preparation, and real-life German, with Malayalam or English support where useful.
thinking meta
What connects all this?
Music, language learning, engineering and AI are all connected.
What is actually happening underneath — and can we make enough of that structure visible that someone else can learn it, use it, or work with it?
WORK TOGETHER
Teaching, talks, consultations, implementation, workshops, book-related questions and relevant collaborations.
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