Pandit Ravi Shankar

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has been allocated a new office in the Lutyens Delhi area, following directions from the Delhi High Court, party sources said on Thursday.

A cabinet meeting is taking place at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence in Delhi amid uncertainty in Jammu and Kashmir and an unprecedented lockdown that included the midnight house arrest of politicians in the state including former chief ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah. Just before the meeting, Home Minister Amit Shah met with La...

A throwback to Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da... as an exhibition in the United Kingdom to celebrate 50 years of the Beatles' visit to India and the seven-week stay at Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's ashram in 1968, is all set to open in London next month. A sitar used by the Pandit Ravi Shankar who introduced Indian classical music to the Fab Four will be the center ...

Renowned sitar player Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan, - the last survivor of the 'Sitar Trinity' of India along with the late Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Vilayat Khan - died in Mumbai today after a brief illness, a family member said. He was 88.

"This was his dream, to have a way to bring his rare and never-before released material to India," said his wife

Google pays tribute to Pandit Ravi Shankar with a very artistic doodle on his 96th birthday. Born on April, 7, 1920, his birth name was Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury. His name is preceded by Pandit, a honourary title referring to wise and learned man.

"I am very excited to be back in India after 2 years. Home is a special album to me for many reasons. It is an album about going back to my roots, and was recorded as an homage to my father and guru Pandit Ravi Shankar," Anoushka Shankar said in a statement

"He never lied to me or hoodwinked me into anything. He was very clear from the beginning," she said

Varanasi erupted in joy when the announcement of Bharat Ratna being conferred on Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya was made a week ago. One of the oldest cities of India, on the banks of the Ganga, Varanasi is also known as the capital of knowledge, a city that has produced five Bharat Ratnas.

Electro pop star Redfoo, who was in the country on his maiden trip, fell in love with Indian music and chicken curry.

Five years after she performed with her father Pandit Ravi Shankar at the prestigious Dover Lane Music Conference, sitarist Anoushka Shankar will be back in the city with her maiden solo act.

Sitarist Anoushka Shankar, who grew up playing the stringed instrument with her father, the late Indian sitar legend Ravi Shankar, in the city and across the globe, believes the music scene in the Indian capital has come a long way.

Anoushka Shankar, daughter of legendary sitarist Pandit Ravi Shankar, says she is not at all surprised that her father's album The Living Room Sessions Part 2 has received a posthumous nomination at 56th Grammy Awards.

Indian sitar legend Ravi Shankar, who was awarded two Grammy honours earlier this year, has received a posthumous nomination in the 56th Annual Grammy Awards for his album The Living Room Sessions Part 2.

One of Britain's leading Hindustani and Carnatic music festivals will honour the memory of legendary sitar maestro Ravi Shankar this year.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has been allocated a new office in the Lutyens Delhi area, following directions from the Delhi High Court, party sources said on Thursday.

A cabinet meeting is taking place at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence in Delhi amid uncertainty in Jammu and Kashmir and an unprecedented lockdown that included the midnight house arrest of politicians in the state including former chief ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah. Just before the meeting, Home Minister Amit Shah met with La...

A throwback to Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da... as an exhibition in the United Kingdom to celebrate 50 years of the Beatles' visit to India and the seven-week stay at Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's ashram in 1968, is all set to open in London next month. A sitar used by the Pandit Ravi Shankar who introduced Indian classical music to the Fab Four will be the center ...

Renowned sitar player Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan, - the last survivor of the 'Sitar Trinity' of India along with the late Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Vilayat Khan - died in Mumbai today after a brief illness, a family member said. He was 88.

"This was his dream, to have a way to bring his rare and never-before released material to India," said his wife

Google pays tribute to Pandit Ravi Shankar with a very artistic doodle on his 96th birthday. Born on April, 7, 1920, his birth name was Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury. His name is preceded by Pandit, a honourary title referring to wise and learned man.

"I am very excited to be back in India after 2 years. Home is a special album to me for many reasons. It is an album about going back to my roots, and was recorded as an homage to my father and guru Pandit Ravi Shankar," Anoushka Shankar said in a statement

"He never lied to me or hoodwinked me into anything. He was very clear from the beginning," she said

Varanasi erupted in joy when the announcement of Bharat Ratna being conferred on Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya was made a week ago. One of the oldest cities of India, on the banks of the Ganga, Varanasi is also known as the capital of knowledge, a city that has produced five Bharat Ratnas.

Electro pop star Redfoo, who was in the country on his maiden trip, fell in love with Indian music and chicken curry.

Five years after she performed with her father Pandit Ravi Shankar at the prestigious Dover Lane Music Conference, sitarist Anoushka Shankar will be back in the city with her maiden solo act.

Sitarist Anoushka Shankar, who grew up playing the stringed instrument with her father, the late Indian sitar legend Ravi Shankar, in the city and across the globe, believes the music scene in the Indian capital has come a long way.

Anoushka Shankar, daughter of legendary sitarist Pandit Ravi Shankar, says she is not at all surprised that her father's album The Living Room Sessions Part 2 has received a posthumous nomination at 56th Grammy Awards.

Indian sitar legend Ravi Shankar, who was awarded two Grammy honours earlier this year, has received a posthumous nomination in the 56th Annual Grammy Awards for his album The Living Room Sessions Part 2.

One of Britain's leading Hindustani and Carnatic music festivals will honour the memory of legendary sitar maestro Ravi Shankar this year.