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In Pix: Pandit Ravi Shankar's BEAUTIFUL life!

A walk down memory lane with these amazing flashback pictures of the legendary sitar maestro, Pandit Ravi Shankar, as we celebrate his 100th birth anniversary today. All photographs: Kind courtesy......

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......

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar visits Dalai Lama

Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar met Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama at his residence in Dharamshala during his six-day visit to Himachal Pradesh. The leaders discussed various issues over an......

What George Harrison learnt from Ravi Shankar

Pandit Ravi Shankar was George Harrison's link into the Vedic world.A fascinating excerpt from Kavita Das's Poignant Song: The Life And Music Of Lakshmi Shankar to mark Pandit Ravi Shankar's birth......

Anoushka Shankar 'devastated' after sitar damaged on Air India flight

A "devastated and truly disturbed" Anoushka Shankar has said her sitar was damaged on an Air India flight, telling the airline in a social media post that "you're the country this music belongs to"......

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......

The Rediff Podcast: Will Siddhant Bhatia Win A Grammy?

Watch Grammy nominee Siddhant Bhatia discuss his journey and perform from his Sounds Of Kumbha album. Video: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff, Satish Bodas/Rediff Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff......

Stars, music fraternity pay tribute to Pt Ravi Shankar

Here's what your favourite Bollywood stars are tweeting. Movie stars and the music fraternity grieved over the demise of sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, and tweeted their tributes: Shekhar......

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......

Zubin Mehta bows to Ravi Shankar

After enthralling Chennai audiences with his music, internationally acclaimed conductor Zubin Mehta weaved his magic at the nation'scapital on December 28 to a spellbound gathering, which included......

Delhi HC steps in to protect Sunil Gavaskar

IMAGE: Sunil Gavaskar approached the high court, seeking to prevent the unauthorised use of his name, images, persona and likeness by social media platforms and e-commerce websites, and to protect......

Rahul slams fighting fifty but Karnataka on shaky ground vs Punjab

IMAGE: K L Rahul made 59 off 87 balls but other Karnataka batters struggled against a disciplined Punjab bowling. Photograph: ANI Photo K L Rahul made a sublime half-century but Harpreet Brar......

Ranji Trophy: MP trounce Maharashtra, enter quarters

IMAGE: Vidarbha players celebrate the wicket of Dhruv Jurel on Day 3 of their Group A match of the Ranji Trophy against Uttar Pradesh, in Nagpur, on Saturday. Photograph: ANI Photo Key Points......

Ranji Trophy: Young Kushagra dazzles with double ton

IMAGE: Jharkhand's Kumar Kushagra smashed 23 boundaries and four sixes in his 367-ball 234 against Baroda. Photograph: BCCI Young wicketkeeper-batter Kumar Kushagra completed a brilliant......

SMAT: Abhishek flattens Bengal; Sanju shines for Kerala

IMAGE: Abhishek Sharma raced to his century off just 32 balls, striking 11 sixes and seven fours against Bengal. Photograph: Screengrab/X India U-19 skipper Ayush Mhatre continued his blazing......