Hindu (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
Sri Ravi Shankar will deliver lectures on ‘Art of Living’ course at Sri Rebala Lakshmi Narasareddy Town Hall in Nellore from December 2 to ...
Musical Stew Daily (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
George passed on this date in 2001 of lung cancer. Known as the “shy one” in The Beatles, Harrison would go on to become one of the most influential guitarists of all time and a helluva songwriter. Here’s a surprise appearance by George on The Smother Brothers in 1968: With Ravi Shankar: Dylan/Harrison “If Not For You”: [...]
Hindu (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party here on Saturday placed on record its appreciation of “all the brave officers and men who rescued India from the clutches of terrorists in Mumbai.” Party spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad ...
Gossip Craze (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
jazz star norah jones is back on the sexy singles list after parting ways with her longterm beauthe daughter of sitar maestro pt ravi shankar was dating her bands bassist lee alexander for several yearshowever the couple broke up just before the festive holidays when he moved out of their us home reports contactmusicaccording to the new york post the split was amicable with the duo still remain friendsthe...
Good Read (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
Vidya Subrahmaniam Instead of acknowledging the possibility that some Hindutva elements could be involved in terrorism, the BJP and the sangh have gone on the offensive. At a press conference held some weeks ago in Delhi, Ravi Shankar Prasad, the amiable spokesperson for the Bharatiya Janata Party, seemed strangely out of form. If this was unusual, so too was the subject under discussion — Hindutva’s...
Digital Meltd0wn (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
A nanda Shankar was the nephew of the great sitar player Ravi Shankar. While Ravi played more traditional Indian music, Ananda was known as one of the first musicians to fuse traditional Indian music with western pop and rock early in his career, giving birth to the modern age of Indian music. Towards the end of his career he would even apply this fusion of traditional Indian and Western styles to...
On An Overgrown Path (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
A reader wrote to say the Modern Jazz Quartet, who featured here this week , do not fall within their concept of classical music. I cannot resist a challenge like that, so here is another recommendation for raga a good bargain. Ravi Shankar made his recordings of Raga Nata Bhairav and Raga Mishra Piloo in the year which was both an Anuus mirabilis and Annus horribilis , 1968. For the sessions the legendary...
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
Advocating the need to take a strong stand on terrorism, the spiritual leader and preacher of Art of Living Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said terrorists have to be isolated
Cobwebs and /Strange (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
The mythical status afforded Rainy Day Raga might be a little bit much. Granted, when released in ’66, Peter Walker’s first album pre-dated much of the Eastern music obsession that sprung from San Francisco and came amidst Ravi Shankar working with his West Meets East recordings alongside Yehudi Menuhin. This historical (and musical) point can’t [...]
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
The guru was stuck in Boston traffic. On a recent Wednesday night, more than 60 local leaders were gathered in the basement of John Hancock Hall, holding their collective breath, awaiting the arrival of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. Representing various nonprofit entities, businesses, schools, faith-based organizations, and neighborhood groups, they mingled, snacked, networked, and waited for the appearance...
Times of India (Free subscription) | 02/11/2008
Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living Foundation on Saturday received a bomb threat before the start of a meditation course at its centre in Kannur in Kerala, a spokeswoman said.
BJP (Free subscription) | 01/11/2008
Kannur (Kerala), Nov 1 (IANS) A meditation centre of spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living Foundation received a bomb threat here Saturday, one of its teachers said. The centre received a post card threatening that bombs would go off Sunday while meditation classes were on, said Vava Suresh, who teaches the Art of [...]
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 24/10/2008
His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, a global humanitarian and spiritual leader, is not exactly the traditional leadership lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
The sublime music-making, of course, tops all - what better way to have spent a couple of hours Sunday night than taking in peerless Indian sitarist/composer Ravi Shankar's concert with stellar protege and daughter Anoushka at the Kimmel Center?
Hindu (Free subscription) | 21/10/2008
ADILABAD: Adilabad district and Sessions Judge Ravi Shankar on Tuesday dismissed an appeal from S. Venugopalachary, spokesman of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and confirmed the judgement of a lower court sentencing him to six months’ ...
