Practice Makes A Man Perfect - Ahwaan Nayak

 "I’m an independent State level live-artist. I love to perform live in front of audience. My prime dedication is towards singing semi classical and folk genre songs. Besides being a singer, I’m also an anchor, actor, painter, voice artist, writer, speaker, calligrapher, quiz master and Cultural researcher. I have performed in various State, National and International shows – ‘International music, dance and literary festival’, ‘Utkal Samaj of Bombay’, ‘Ramoji film city’, ‘Baliyatra’, ‘Rath Yatra live’, ‘Akshaya Mohanty Memorial’, ‘Dubai nights’, ‘International Youth Conference, ‘TEDx’ etc. I’ve also been acknowledged by many TV and Radio (AIR) channels and was the Student Ambassador for World Cup Hockey promotion (2018). I feel immensely blessed to be acknowledged by Shree Jagannath Temple Administration, as one of the youngest Jagannath culture researcher.

Awards like ‘Akshaya Mohanty Samman’, ‘Lalit Kala Academy Samman’, ‘Sarala Das Samman’ are my life-time treasures. My father, a senior administrative officer, is an outstanding singer & my mentor. I used to observe him and without any training, I learnt to sing. I could sing Akshaya Mohanty songs perfectly at the age of 7, leaving my class spellbound. Whatever I am today is the result of practise, experience and learning from my mistakes.

I was studying in KV and we didn’t have Odia as a subject so, my grandmother made me read Odia newspapers and now I can read & write Odia much effortlessly than most of the Odias out there.

All credits go to my parents, who always looked up for posters of competitions while driving through the city, and encouraged me to participate. Since then, I’ve participated in many competitions. Eventually, judges & producers started contacting me for shows.

Live artists don’t use auto- tune or retakes, still they don’t get the attention they deserve. I love being a live artist as ‘Mistakes make a man perfect’ and that I get immediate feedback from my audience." -Ahwaan Nayak.