'Ravi Shankar ignited an interest in the West about India'

Legendary Sitar maestro and composer Pandit Ravi Shankar, who has breathed his last at a hospital in California, ignited an interest in the West about India, an eminent think tank said in......

'An era has passed away with Pandit Ravi Shankar'

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday condoled the passing away of legendary musician Pandit Ravi Shankar and described him as a national treasure and global ambassador of India's cultural......

Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar passes away

Legendary musician Pandit Ravi Shankar passed awayin San Diego on Wednesday. He was 92. The musician was admitted to the Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla last Thursday after he complained of......

Sociologist G Nanjundappa dead

Professor Gangadharappa Nanjundappa, a 35-year faculty member at California State University at Fullerton, died September 3 at the Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, where he was being treated......