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Please stop blaming Pandit Ravi Shankar. She was great, but you do not have any right to downgrade both of their reputation. You have written this article on purpose, to downgrade and let the world not know what a great sitarist pandit Ravi Shankar was. Take down this article because your agenda is to demoralise indian culture. What a shame Print. Such a big company that’s what you write.
Very touching storytelling by the Author. Annapurna ji was indeed a brilliant instrumentalist in her own right who always stuck to the tradition and followed her father & Guru Ustad Alauddin Khan in her renditions and teaching. In that sense she was rigid in her view about Pandit Ravishankar on the other hand was a highly creative artiste who tried to play the Sitar in quite a different style evolved by him through years of practice, trained many students in his style, composed many ragas & music based entirely on Indian ragas but amalgamating various eastern & western instruments in orchestra, etc…they were totally different personalities and differed widely in their approach to music. This has to be understood and appreciated.
Excellent , heartbreaking. Exposes both the patriarchy and the perils and problems of our much revered Guru-Shishya parampara. As you rightly say, both the patriarchy and male chauvinism are so stark!
Please stop blaming Pandit Ravi Shankar. She was great, but you do not have any right to downgrade both of their reputation. You have written this article on purpose, to downgrade and let the world not know what a great sitarist pandit Ravi Shankar was. Take down this article because your agenda is to demoralise indian culture. What a shame Print. Such a big company that’s what you write.
Very touching storytelling by the Author. Annapurna ji was indeed a brilliant instrumentalist in her own right who always stuck to the tradition and followed her father & Guru Ustad Alauddin Khan in her renditions and teaching. In that sense she was rigid in her view about Pandit Ravishankar on the other hand was a highly creative artiste who tried to play the Sitar in quite a different style evolved by him through years of practice, trained many students in his style, composed many ragas & music based entirely on Indian ragas but amalgamating various eastern & western instruments in orchestra, etc…they were totally different personalities and differed widely in their approach to music. This has to be understood and appreciated.
Excellent , heartbreaking. Exposes both the patriarchy and the perils and problems of our much revered Guru-Shishya parampara. As you rightly say, both the patriarchy and male chauvinism are so stark!