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RARE PICTURES: The life and times of Pt Ravi Shankar

Legendary musician Pandit Ravi Shankar passed away in San Diego on Wednesday. He was 92. Even before he broke down East-West music barriers and earned international recognition, Shankar was a......

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......

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......

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......

Stay away from the RSS, Digvijay warns Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Controversy seems to travel wherever Congress leader Digvijay Singh goes. This time around, on a visit to Bengaluru to meet his grandson, Singh asserted that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh was......

Postal dept has overtaken SBI on digital connectivity: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Prasad also said India will be a $1 trillion opportunity for digital companies in five years The postal department has surpassed the country's largest lender, SBI, in terms of digital connectivity......

India has now emerged as a land of aspirations: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Prasad appealed to US businesses to invest in the country in a big way specially in ambitious programmes like Make in India Describing India as a 'happening place' and a land of aspirations,......

'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......

Ravi Shankar, daughter to peform together

Sitar legend Ravi Shankar and daughter Anoushka are set to share the stage at the closing day of this year's Womadelaide world music festival atAdelaide's Botanic Park, South Australia. The music......

Kamal Haasan meets Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

A lowdown on what's happening in the Tamil film industry. All eyes were on Kamal Haasan as he met up with spiritual guru and founder of the Art of Living Foundation, Sri Sri Ravi......

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......

Hazare Trophy: Gujarat, Maharashtra cruise to quarters

IMAGE: Utkarsh Singh's 120-ball 102 came in a winning cause as Jhrakhand beat Goa by 31 runs. Photograph: Kind Courtesy Utkarsh Singh/Instagram Jharkhand's Utkarsh Singh impressed with a century......

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