In a world that's being challenged by the pandemic, music can provide healing and a burst of positivity. It is with these thoughts that Chennai-based musician Mahesh Vinayakram conceptualised his series Duo. Twice every week, Vinayakram invites an artiste and shares with them a composition. He then collaborates with them in two-minute long videos that remind one of jugalbandis.

For the last two weeks, he has had the likes of drummer Murali Krishnan and Balaji Rajamani on the mandolin for the series. "I was also approached online by Turkish artiste Ali Emre Algir, who played the ghatam to the track," says Vinayakram who takes on the role of a konakkol player with ease. "The composition is interpreted in different ways when it is mandolin and when it is the drums," he explains.