Ustad Allauddin Khan

FTN: Are the classical arts in danger of being lost in India?

Did Pandit Ravi Shankar show the way as to how the classical arts can be kept alive in the contemporary world? ...
11:59 PM, Dec 13, 2012

Pandit Ravi Shankar bridged the gap between the East and the West: Shovana Narayan Prominent dancer Shovana Narayan looks back at the impact of Pandit Ravi Shankar on popularising Indian culture abroad in an interaction with IBNLive readers. Q. Is there a possibility of the Panditji's performance being declared as a national treasure so that entire nation enjoys it and commercial exploitation of his work is prevented? Asked by: sundar1950in A. Panditji's work is by itself not only National treasure but also international treasure....  
05:10 PM, Dec 12, 2012

Pt Ravi Shankar's music was as vivacious as his personal life New Delhi: With the death of Pandit Ravi Shankar, passes an era of Hindustani classical music - an era which saw the Indian musical artform going global in the true sense of the word. Ravi Shankar, born as Robindro Shounkor Chowdhury to a Bengali Brahmin family in Varanasi in 1920, was the last of the surviving ambassadors of that movement. Ravi Shankar's exposure to the world of Indian culture was...  
12:29 PM, Dec 12, 2012