Out to Take Over the World, One Song at a Time
By Farah Kashwa
We have all seen him around campus and we have all heard him sing his heart out during our school concerts. Nikhil Krishnan is always shy but if there is one thing he is not shy about it is performing and spreading his music across to a wider audience.
Nikhil was in a very different school before Schutz, a school that was “very strict and disciplined”, and they even had “to wear uniforms”. Therefore, coming to Schutz was a big change since Schutz has a no-uniform policy. Nikhil explained that “Schutz really does shape and prepare a person for his/her future.”
Nikhil really enjoys doing anything involving music in his free time. After finishing his homework and studies, of course, Nikhil can be caught playing the piano, listening to great musicians such as his idol, John Lennon, or even following in the footsteps of great musicians by making his own music.
He is a person that likes to live in the present and lives one moment at a time. As for what he will be doing 10 years from now, Nikhil can not tell. “Future to me is just like the other side of a wall, I can’t see it unless time allows me to” he explains his concept on the future.
Ten years from now Nikhil might not know what he will be doing but at least for the next four years he has it planned out. He has decided to attend the University of Alberta in Canada, but he is still awaiting the decision from his top choice university, National University of Singapore.
“I don’t have a role model, but I do have a hero: a musician named Bob Dylan” explains Nikhil, “his stuff was realistic, about tough lives you run into and how tough and hard this world is. I learnt a lot of lessons from his stories and I was able to relate to him much more than I ever did with anyone else.”
Music does not play the most important role in Nikhil’s life; his parents do. His parents affect each and every decision he makes and it turns out that most of the times they are right!
We all speak of what a great musician Nikhil will grow up to be and sometimes joke about how he will win Indian Idol. But for Nikhil, his musical career is still very much unknown. “No parent is crazy about their child’s musical dream. There is a high chance that it fails. However, I would still like to strive for it because I just love it and it is a good way to reach people”. If he does not go professional, then perhaps Nikhil will continue playing and making music as his favorite hobby and hopefully continue to grow as an artist. “So, yes. I would want to record for Columbia Records, my dream label, but that’s just a dream. Turning it into a reality is another talk. But hopefully it happens.”
In a few days, Nikhil will sign off as one of the most talented students we have known, but before he does, he would like to leave some motivating last words and advice to upcoming classes: “Just try your best at being yourself because everybody will want you to be just like them. We are all born to run, so do what you like and do something that can serve this world and its people, and make the most out of it.” Before Nikhil is permanently dismissed, he would like to thank a few people who made his stay here a little better, “Also thanks to everyone I came across here, especially Kelly and Mr. Collins who understood me when nobody here was able to.”
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