Ravi Shankar
Singer Norah Jones (L) performs during her concert at A Summer's Day festival in Mumbai on March 3, 2013. Jones, who is the daughter of legendary Indian sitar player, the late Ravi Shankar, performed for the first time in the country.
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an hour of the real thing. Ravi Shankar, a wonderful virtuoso, played his own Indian music to us at the radio station. Brilliant, fascinating, stimulating, wonderfully played. Unbelievable skill and invention.More quotes »
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UK composers describe Pandit Ravi Shankar as `real thing`
of Britain`s most famous musicians, Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears, have described Pandit Ravi Shankar as `the real thing` after experiencing a performance by the Indian sitar maestro in the early 1950s. The year 2013 is being marked by centenary celebrations from Indian TV Today Read more »
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Anoushka Shankar performs at Cannes
“I was very happy to play music for this elite audience and prepared a special set of some of my own music and gorgeous, rarely-heard songs that my father Pandit Ravi Shankar contributed to legendary Indian film scores at the beginning of his career. from Bollywood.com Read more »
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Ravi Shankar Prasad urges PM to articulate concern of people to Premier Li
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday urged Dr. Manmohan Singh to firmly articulate the concern of the people and the country, including the opposition, he said this, in wake of Premier Li of China's arrival in New Delhi to discuss from Webindia123 Read more »
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'NDA Allies Have No Veto Power on BJP's PM Candidate'
that NDA allies have no veto power on BJP's choice of prime ministerial candidate, party leader Ravi Shankar Prasad today said even Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had acknowledged in the past that the nominee will be from the saffron party. "BJP is part from Outlook India Read more »
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BJP pulls up Digvijay over his 'are we belittling our institutions' remark
chief spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said nothing better could be expected from Digvijay Singh. "I think it is important for him to look inwards for himself, his party, his leader and the Prime Minister. If the moral of the CBI has been downgraded, it is from New Kerala Read more »
