This month, as part of Sarmaya Talks’ immersive sessions themed on culture and heritage, Vidya Shah and Madhur Gupta will showcase their projects that aim to shine a light on the rich legacy of musicians and dancers respectively in India.

Carnatic musician Shah has been working, for almost a decade, on building an archive of women who made music in the gramophone era of the early 20th century. Although some of her work is recorded in her book Jalsa: Indian Women and their Journeys from Salon to the Studio, it did not end there. “There were several of these women, who were called Baijis, who became an integral part of the clan,” she says, “This is a subject that has the potential to keep growing. We’re only at the tip [of the iceberg].”