‘BRIDGE’ BUILDS MIND
Guitar Star Nikil Is IT Analyist

Interview by - CNB                         Photos by K.M. Veeresh                    Date - 20-01-05

Have you ever heard of a bridge building up the thoughts? You hear this tale of star guitarist Nikil Joshi who is now one of the citizens of Wall Street near Manhattan in United States of America. He drives frequently for one and half hour stretch on the Verasana narrow bridge that connects Statrtkin Island to Brooklyn that was built in 1964. One fine day Nikil Joshi had a close look at this bridge and appreciated at this wonder called suspension bridge. On this bridge three million people travel every day. From the day I looked at this splendor I started to learn appreciate the architecture. I was totally moved and felt I have a long way to travel in my life. To reach the pinnacle it is not so easy Nikil feels.

That’s the brilliance and mindset of Nikil Joshi a Bangalore boy from Rajajinagar now ready to join the CITI group as financial IT analyst in Wall Street of United States of America. 

Back in Bangalore to spend sometime with his proud father Dr.U.B.Joshi, brother Kushal, mother, grandparents, relatives and friends Nikil Joshi explained that the two years Masters course he has done in high speed security services besides giving various concerts in the week ends at USA mould him as a more mature personality. He is now up to how to protect on the attacks on credit cards. Picking the latest credit from his purse he explained the danger ahead and how it is protected.

‘I see a big challenge now’. I am learning to market and sell myself. USA no doubt a vast and competitive place. I have started seeing the world in a different perspective. I have found differences giving concerts in my unmodified guitar in America and Europe. To update myself in music I am now traveling with I-pod instrument that has a capacity of 40 gaga bites says Nikil. 

Staying anywhere in the world I can pursue my music career. I have given a thought to start a school in Wall Street. After the working hours I am left with lot of time. This idea came to me when one Mr Vikram through my Satish uncle contacted me when he heard my music in guitar while eating Idlis in Mysore. He was so fascinated. He stays in USA and came to a Christmas celebration last year at Satish uncle residence to know more about music from guitar. Around 30 students are eager to learn guitar from me. Besides this Mr Manohar of Music Gallery India Private Limited is serious on a fusion with my guitar and the genius L.Subramaniam violin, the Veena maestro Raghunath Manet and of course with the world famous Zakir Hussain on Tabla. 

Fusion is the present style around the world. I hear the Japanese and Chinese pop besides the carnatic classical. I have set aside 20 gaga bites for storing music in my I-Pod. I am contemplating on getting the patent rights for my style of music. Already various satellite channels have picked the guitar music tuned by me without informing me for their various programs. In such cases the patent right restrict everyone from copying Nikil quipped at his residence in Rajajinagar munching the desi chakkuli.