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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......

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......

Artistes: 'Musicians like Pt Ravi Shankar are rarely born'

Artistes across the spectrum on Wednesday mourned the demise of sitar maestro Ravi Shankar with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh describing him as a national treasure and a global ambassador of......

In Pix: Pandit Ravi Shankar's BEAUTIFUL life!

A walk down memory lane with these amazing flashback pictures of the legendary sitar maestro, Pandit Ravi Shankar, as we celebrate his 100th birth anniversary today. All photographs: Kind courtesy......

Video: The amazing Pandit Ravi Shankar!

We begin this week's wrap with a video you absolutely should not miss. When you know you are listening to Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, more popularly known as Pandit Ravi Shankar,......

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,......

'A brave attempt on the part of India'

The three-day convention of more than 1,000 delegates from 52 countries began on Thursday, albeit about half-an-hour late.Among them were more than 200 special guests and invitees, seated in......

NRIs all set for the first Diasporic meet

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee is likely to announce on Thursday the government's decision on grant of dual citizenship at a conference of over 1,000 Persons of Indian Origin and Non-Resident......

'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......

Dev Anand plans film on Ravi Shankar and Norah

Dev Anand haskept his films on beauty pageants and a Nepali king on hold.Hewill now make an Englishfilm on the lives of sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar and his daughter, Grammy Award winner Norah......

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