Ravi Shankar, India's famous sitar player

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Laurence Olivier, Baron Olivier of Brighton, was born in Dorking in 1907. He's best known these days for roles in films ranging from Wuthering Heights to Spartacus to the ageing Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman in The Boys from Brazil. He received twelve Oscar nominations but was in hi ...  Show more

Have you heard sitar music, from India? Joshua Leo and Liz Waid look at the man who made this traditional music popular around the world.Check out more Spotlight English content at: www.SpotlightEnglish.com 

Anoushka Shankar on sitar and Kasiva Mutua on drums...two celebrated female musicians talk to Kim Chakanetsa about their paths to mastering instruments more traditionally played by men.Anoushka Shankar's father, the legendary Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar taught her to play th ...  Show more

Masaba Gupta talks to the sitar maestro Anoushka Shankar about her long and storied career in music, including the thrill of performing live--especially after the pandemic. She also describes what she considers the secret sauce of collaborating with great artists. and recounts a ...  Show more

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Indian guru and wonderful human, joins the DTFH!You can learn more about Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on his website, SriSriRaviShankar.org. Gurudev is also the founder of The Art of Living and The International Association for Human Values, be sure to check ...  Show more