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Amma taught me Thiruppavai verses during monsoons, her voice like rain on temple bells. Years later, scrolling through endless feeds, I found a musician offering Carnatic lessons for cheap. My fingers remembered what my heart forgot. That first note brought everything back—the agitated nerves before my first recital, the painful silence when I stopped singing, the carefree afternoons under coconut trees. I paid what I could afford, not what algorithms demanded. Now students gather in my home, learning our songs. We're building something real, something that connects us to each other and to every grandmother who ever sang. That's worth more than any viral moment.