Songs for Many Lives features seven original Carnatic compositions by Mahadevan and Sarathy, inspired by the lives of early South Asian immigrants to the Bay Area. For the project, they used archival sources like the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA), and conducted video interviews with early immigrants to present a mosaic of desi history in the Bay Area. 

“Sruti Sarathy, from California, responded on the violin with equally charming and aesthetic elaborations.”

“Another disciple of Smt. Anuradha Sridhar and the Violin Virtuoso Srimathi Brahmanandam, Sruti has paved her path as a winner of HCL and SOY and as an Academy performer during Music Season. An accomplished vocalist as well, Sruti is one of the most sought after young violinists today. As a graduate of Stanford University and a Fulbright Scholarship awardee, is there anything this talented lady can't do?”

“Vani Ramamurthy was ably assisted by Sruti Sarathy on the violin. Sruti responded well in raga essays and swara repartees. The effect was pleasing.  ”