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ABOUT  – The Artist  

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Rachel’s music is a seamless blend of Hindustani classical influences and the rich nuances of Western music theory – a reflection of her heritage and the creative path she began shaping during her time at Berklee College of Music. 

Through intricate yet intimate songwriting, Rachel unravels life one moment at a time. Though quiet and private by nature, her music is where she holds nothing back. “Songwriting for me is like untangling my thoughts and emotions, then weaving, each string at a time into something raw and honest” shares the artist.

Rachel’s artistry goes beyond sound; she’s also a sculptor, photographer, and cinematographer. This blend of creative expressions adds a vivid narrative across multiple mediums infusing her music with layers of visual and emotional depth.  Her approach to songwriting is simple yet deeply poetic, and strikingly relatable as she invites listeners into moments of quiet presence. 

Her journey with sharing her voice began in 2020, with the release of her first single, Dear Mind, in which she sang in dialogue with herself about reconciliation. Owl’s Eye soon followed, reflecting on the complexity of emotions. In 2021, through Go Grow, she embraced self-expression, blending her past and present artistic journeys into something entirely new.

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ABOUT  – मैना series

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What started as a single idea grew into a string of songs written over time, each in Hindi. “What I first thought would be a challenge, turned out to be an incredibly safe place to be vulnerable and create in.” reflects the artist. This progression of untangling is now called the Myna Series and continues to unfold through Rachel’s music.

Each single unravels a deeper knowing and a warmer learning, growth that thrives as it prunes. Every song is a different fragment, with different elements in the same realm, wandering, receiving, and returning, offering hints of what’s to come.  Together they exist in the same fabric of being, revealing slow and thoughtful evolution. Puzzle pieces—raw, untethered yet tender, much like the forest itself. 

The Myna bird is a common yet profound presence, known for mimicking human voices, a reminder for us to voice our opinions and be mindful of the way we speak and to be sure that our expression can be the source of joy for others. It is a reflection of all our stories. It’s about finding your voice and using it, especially in moments and places where you feel small. 

Unlike a traditional album, the “Myna Series” unfolds one song at a time as singles,  mirroring the artist’s own journey of learning and weaving new lessons into her story. “With every song, I’ve discovered greater clarity and grounding”  shares Rachel. She believes that each song is meant to find its own space and time to exist in the world, rather than rushing to reach an ending. 

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ABOUT  – The Song  

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In the first chapter in the Myna Series, Kahaan begins with a dim light – a flicker of fire that is fragile, yet alive. It is the kind of glow that keeps you company on a cold, still night, a faint reminder that even the smallest flame carries warmth and promise. This song is about the spaces we wander to when the weight of life feels heavy: the physical, spiritual and mental spaces we seek to ground ourselves, to find safety,  and to rest. 

“Kahaan” is the question we all ask: “Where do we go?” It’s not about the destination but about the journey itself – of leaving, searching, and sometimes discovering that the place we’ve been looking for has always been within. It’s about creating a home within ourselves that feels warm, soft, and safe enough to be all of those things.

The song is born out of a beautiful paradox: the love of wandering and yearning to belong. It speaks of the disconnection we sometimes feel from the world and perhaps from ourselves too.

As the artist reflects, “I’ve often wondered if the amount I dissociate was healthy – but my God, do I love it! It’s where I create from, where I feel most alive. It’s safe, and where music always knows to finds me.” 

In its chorus, “Kahaan” captures that moment of being weighed down despite trying everything to find lightness: “Count your blessings, take deep breaths – even when the weight doesn’t lift”. But the song isn’t about carrying the weight; it’s about unravelling. It is about asking questions, seeking answers, and finding the courage to sit with everything we are – our tangled emotions, our hidden corners,  and the dimmed light within. It’s about doing the work and finding the dark spaces within us to illuminate them. Rachel describes it as “Opening the windows to those shadowed spaces in your mind, letting the light stream in, allowing yourself to just feel.” “Kahaan” urges us to dig deeper, to go beyond the mere regulation of feelings and to dance with them, engage with them fully. It asks: “Where do we go when we are lost? What is this safe place that we create in our minds/heart/ourselves, but however long we stay there, do we feel it all?”

“Kahaan” is both a whisper and a call – to therapy, to healing, to be present. It’s an acknowledgement that while breathing can help us regulate, healing requires more than just survival. It’s about untangling, softening, and allowing the weight to lift little by little until you can fully stand in the present and truly enjoy the process of being alive.

The song is an invitation to embrace the journey of life as a traveller who pauses to rest, heal, and fall in love with the journey itself & embrace the paradoxes within and around us. As the artist poignantly notes, “The traveller isn’t meant to be unhappy. This journey – this beautifully, messy, intricate journey – isn’t about the destination. It’s about finding joy in the wandering and pausing to rest in the shade when you need to. That rest is healing too.” 

Embracing the dualities of life, “Kahaan” is about ache and joy, dissociation and reconnection, the dim light and the fire waiting to burn brighter. It’s a tribute to the process of living and not just surviving, and to find the beauty in searching, even when you are lost/even when you don’t have the answers. 

It is in this search, this act of creating, that Rachel finds solace. “The process is everything” she shares. “The peak of being a songwriter for me is when I’ve spent months and sometimes years on a piece. And then, in one quiet breath, it’s all there. I believe in every syllable, every note.  I feel heard, even if no one else has heard it yet. It’s the sound of my  pain, my smile, my searching – and in that moment I’m lighter .”

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