kauchenvinci-0

Bharat Ratna Pandit Ravi Shankar , who is universally known as the impersonation of Sitar and the one who bridged the distance between East and West with his mesmerizing and heavenly aura of Music , has breathed his last .

The world of music , in deed , became poorer with his loss.

The Hindu : Arts / Music : The sitar loses its strings

M.S. Islam

Apart from the loss of such a musical genius, we Bangladeshis also lost a true friend of us, for the concert he (along with George Harrison) organized during our liberation war in 1971 - the 'Concert for Bangladesh' in Madison Square Garden, NY.



The musicians performed were - George Harrison, Ringo Star, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, and of course, Ravi Shankar with another maestro Akbar Ali Khan.

kauchenvinci-0

thank you so much for the info , brother !

here's NYT article about this star's demise
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/13/ar...ref=world&_r=0

i_am_the_walrus

Sad news... R.I.P. Ravi Shankar
Here's a song from his most famous student and fan:

M.S. Islam

Thank you too, for sharing the news. I was about to start a thread myself , then I noticed yours.