Dec 12 2012

Magnetic Melancholy!

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Ravi Shankar died yesterday. If George Harrison did not introduce him to the world, the world would not have known about a great musician. Let’s listen to raga malkauns. Ravi Shankar played it.

Bismillah Khan, the shehnai maestro also played raga malkauns.
Let’s have a malkauns day today! Chaurasia’s flute brings tears to my eyes.
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All black. We need to close our eyes and feel the music.

Tags: Indian classical music, Raga malkauns, Ravi Shankar

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Santanu Mitra

December 12, 2012 at 9:43 pm (UTC 5.5) Link to this comment

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We had a cultural link with the Ravi Shankar family ever since I could remember. His elder brother Uday Shankar started the trend.

Irrespective of if George Harrison introduced him to the west or not, Ravi Shankar’s music was magic.
I am truly sorry to see him go.
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mileflo

December 17, 2012 at 8:11 pm (UTC 5.5) Link to this comment

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