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“Are you sure you are 10 years old?” Sofia Vergara, one of the four judges, could not help wondering about the age of Maya Neelakantan, a metal guitarist<\/strong>, who mesmerized everyone during her audition on the stage of America\u2019s Got Talent. Sofia went on to say, \u201cYour energy, your confidence. A perfect audition! Amazing!\u201d The other judges were equally praiseful of her. Heidi Klum, a renowned supermodel and reality show host, added, \u201cEveryone in this room loved what you just did. You should be proud of yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who is Maya Neelakantan? \u201cThe rock goddess,\u201d as one of the AGT judges hailed Maya, is a metal guitarist from Chennai, India. Trained in Carnatic music, she set the America\u2019s Got Talent stage on fire with her unique rendition of \u201cLast Resort\u201d by Papa Roach on an electric guitar. She started coyly with an authentic Carnatic Nata Bhairavi Raga and graduated to strum the chords of \u201cLast Resort\u201d with headbanging. The judges unanimously sent her to the next round.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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PC: Maya Neelakantan | America’s Got Talent<\/p><\/div>\n

Not only her performance, but also her appearance impressed Indians in America and beyond<\/strong>. With a bindi adorning her forehead and a pair of dangling jhumkas accessorizing her Indian ethnic outfit, Maya Neelakantan gave the impression to the world that no matter what she performs or where she performs, she carries her Indian culture and heritage that she inherited by birth. The Indian Diaspora is proud of Maya because she did not ape American fashion to impress the judges.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaya Neelakantan\u2019s performance at America\u2019s Got Talent seems to remind the US of Carnatic exponent M S Subbulakshmi\u2019s historic performance at the UN General Assembly in 1966. Such comparisons are just, though exaggerated. Like M S Subbulakshmi, 10-year-old Maya is from the land of Carnatic music and made the cut on her first visit to the United States. Since Subbulakshmi\u2019s concert tour of the US, it has been nearly 60 years. Precisely, America sees Indian talent galore,\u201d said Sourav Agarwal, the Editor of Travel Beats.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Like Indian American Tiara Abraham<\/a><\/span>, Maya\u2019s musical journey commenced at a very young age. She took a fancy to heavy metal music when she was barely 5.<\/strong> As a YouTuber, her name spread far and wide by the age of 9. Her command over electric guitars did not go unnoticed and unrewarded by Tool\u2019s lead guitarist, Adam Thomas Jones. Spellbound by Maya Neelakantan\u2019s version of Tool\u2019s 16-minute epic 7Empest, Adam Jones sent his signature guitar to her in 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy dream is to combine all of my music interests to create something that is totally unheard of! I want to create a genre of my own combining the intricate Carnatic music and the extreme Thrash Metal.<\/p>\n

This story is part of our continued effort to give a shoutout to achievements of\u00a0Young Indians in America<\/span><\/a>. Travel Beats is a leading diaspora portal and a subsidiary of Indian Eagle<\/a><\/span>, a most trusted air-ticketing partner of Indians abroad. Sign up to our newsletter for latest community stories, US visa and immigration updates, and everything about US-India air travel.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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