Vidya Rao is a Hindustan classical singer and writer. She is popular for her Thumri and Dadra. She wrote a book on the late Naina Devi, Heart to Heart: Remembering Nainaji. Vidya Rao was born and brought up in Hyderabad. She got her college education in Madras, and then joined the Delhi School of Economics to do M.A. in Sociology. She worked with the Centre for Women’s Development Studies as a researcher for five years before quitting to concentrate on music. She renders poetry of mystics like Amir Khusro, Kabir etc.
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