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World media reacts to Pandit Ravi Shankar's demise

The demise of Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar has sent shockwaves throughout the world. From Washington to London to China, the tragic news of the death of the 'Godfather of world music' has......

100-year-old freedom fighter among 30 unsung heroes awarded Padma Shri

A 100-year old freedom fighter from Goa, a Dhak player from West Bengal who trained 150 women in the male-dominated field and India's first woman puppeteers are among 30 unsung heroes who were......

Pandit Ravi Shankar, the phenomenon

When you know you are listening to Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, more popularly known as Pandit Ravi Shankar, all you need to do is sit back and enjoy. Here is the talented master playing for an......

At 12, Zakir Hussain got Rs 5 for first tabla show

Eight years ago, tabla maestro Zakir Hussain had narrated how his father Alla Rakha had welcomed him into this world by putting the musical instrument's rhythms into his ears when asked to recite......

BJP, Sena counter Rahul's Savarkar attack with Indira letter

Countering Rahul Gandhi's criticism of V D Savarkar, the Bharatiya Janata Party and its ally, Shiv Sena, reminded the Congress leader on Saturday that his grandmother and former prime minister......

NRI meet to miss some big names

Absent from the list of participants for the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, the largest ever gathering of global Indians being held between January 9-11, are businessmen like Laxmi Mittal, Swaraj Paul,......

The Songs Lata Mangeshkar Loved

All of us love Lata Mangeshkar's songs. But which of her own evergreen melodies did she love? Lataji had once picked her favourites, albeit reluctantly, and told Subhash K Jha just why they were so......

'Song Of Life is not Pandit Ravi Shankar's story'

Dev Anand claimshis upcoming film Song Of Life is not the story of sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar or his family. The actor-filmmaker asserted he would go ahead with his 'dream project' of......

'Sitar meant Ravi Shankar and Ravi Shankar meant the Sitar'

Photograph: Herwig Prammer/Reuters Not too many know this, but the music for India's favourite patriotic song Saare Jahan Se Achcha was composed by Pandit Ravi Shankar, whose birth centenary we......

Norah Jones applauds Ravi Shankar-Anoushka concert

No, you aren't seeing double. Look closely. The lady on the left is perhaps America's leading vocal chonicler of the matters of the heart, someone who won five Grammies for her debut album, Come......

Elton John, Ravi Shankar to play for Daniel Pearl

Vocalist Barbra Streisand, pop singer Elton John, violinist Yo-Yo Ma, sitarist Pandit Ravi Shankar and jazz icon Herbie Hancock are some of the musicians who will come together to honour the memory......

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World media reacts to Pandit Ravi Shankar's demise

100-year-old freedom fighter among 30 unsung heroes awarded Padma Shri

Pandit Ravi Shankar, the phenomenon

At 12, Zakir Hussain got Rs 5 for first tabla show

BJP, Sena counter Rahul's Savarkar attack with Indira letter

NRI meet to miss some big names

The Songs Lata Mangeshkar Loved

'Song Of Life is not Pandit Ravi Shankar's story'

'Sitar meant Ravi Shankar and Ravi Shankar meant the Sitar'

Norah Jones applauds Ravi Shankar-Anoushka concert

Elton John, Ravi Shankar to play for Daniel Pearl

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