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Ravi Shankar was born in 1920. By 1960, he'd become internationally known as a classical Indian musician. His association with the Beatles and performances at the Monterey Pop Festival and The Woodstock Festival sealed his fame in the West. He is also a composer, an author, and an educator.

Resources in This Category

• An evening of stirring sitar

  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/425532.cms
  A Times of India report on the performance given at Bangalore by the sitar maestro and his daughter Anoushka.

• Indian Melody : Hindustani Instrumental - Pandit Ravi Shankar

  http://www.indianmelody.com/ravishankar.htm
  Profile of the Sitar exponent.

• Ravi Shankar

  http://www.ravishankar.org/
  Official site of the sitar virtuoso and the Ravi Shankar Foundation. Biography, recording list and ordering, audio samples, videos, and photographs.

• Ravi Shankar accused of lobbying for Bharat Ratna

  http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/mar/11jas.htm
  A report on the disharmony created between Pandit Ravi Shankar and Pandit Jasraj after the former being conferred the Bharat Ratna, India's high civilian award.

• Rediff on the Net

  http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/jan/30ratna.htm
  Article on Ravi Shankar, on being awarded the Bharat Ratna.

• The Rediff Interview/ Pandit Ravi Shankar

  http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/mar/23nandy.htm
  Interview with Pritish Nandy discussing the rift between Shankar and Pandit Jasraj after the former was conferred the Bharat Ratna award.

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