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"My roots are so deep in the past that sometimes I feel myself a stranger, even in my own country."
Celebrate the Ravi Shankar Centennial!
Photo: Marilyn Silverstone, New York, 1957
Celebrate the Ravi Shankar Centennial!
Photo: Marilyn Silverstone, New York, 1957
Ravi Shankar's hands during a performance
Photo: Marilyn Silverstone, 1957
Photo: Marilyn Silverstone, 1957
Ed Caraeff
George Harrison & Ravi Shankar
Los Angeles, August 3, 1967
George called the great sitar-player "the first person who ever impressed me in my life."
#RaviShankar100
George Harrison & Ravi Shankar
Los Angeles, August 3, 1967
George called the great sitar-player "the first person who ever impressed me in my life."
#RaviShankar100
Philip Glass & Ravi Shankar
Photo: Ebet Roberts, 1990
"Meeting Ravi was just blind luck. They were looking for someone who spoke English & French & could write music, & he said, 'Oh, I have this friend. He can do that.' And I got called, & I had no idea..."
Photo: Ebet Roberts, 1990
"Meeting Ravi was just blind luck. They were looking for someone who spoke English & French & could write music, & he said, 'Oh, I have this friend. He can do that.' And I got called, & I had no idea..."
Ravi Shankar & George Harrison by Clive Arrowsmith
digital chromogenic print, 1974
@NPGLondon #RaviShankar100
digital chromogenic print, 1974
@NPGLondon #RaviShankar100
Ravi Shankar by Elliott Landy
Woodstock Festival, 1969
Shankar started at about 10 pm on Friday evening and played for over 40 minutes throughout the rain.
#RaviShankar100
Woodstock Festival, 1969
Shankar started at about 10 pm on Friday evening and played for over 40 minutes throughout the rain.
#RaviShankar100
