Thursday, February 02, 2006

Ravi Shankar, sitarist and one of the greatest artists of India, with daughter Anoushka Shankar, also a gifted sitarist


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Originally uploaded by Revanta.
Indian music
The great sitarist Ravi Shankar has 2 musical daughters: Anoushka Shankar and Norah Jones.
Ms Jones sold 14 million copies of her 1st album, "Come Away with me." Anoushka has also made several albums.

The basic group of Indian music may include
sitar
tabla (small drums)
harmonium (bellows-powered keyboard)
tambura (drone instrument)
vocals


Shiva
creation&destruction
fertility&aesceticism

Law of Karma / rebirth is guided by your virtue.
Nirvana.

Jains / minority religious group of India / ahimsa: not to kill any living thing.

mendicant (beggar)
puja (devotion ritual)

Mohandas K Gandhi

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