Uday Shankar put Ravi Shankar on the path to fame

December 28, 2012 16:39

In the heap of obituaries and appreciatory notices on Ravi Shankar's life and works that have appeared in the past few weeks, there is one glaring omission. Not one reference is to be found to the role Uday Shankar, the brother 20 years Ravi Shankar's senior, played in shaping the latter's destiny.

There would be no Pandit Ravi Shankar had not the senior brother, already on his way to be a legendary figure, taken charge of young Robu from the very beginning. None of the obituary notes acknowledge this datum; one is left wondering whether this is an instance of collective amnesia.
Read Ashok Mitra's piece on the Telegraph.

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