Zakir Hussain, the legendary tabla maestro, passed away at 73 in San Francisco due to complications from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. He was hospitalized in San Francisco for the past two weeks.

Just two weeks ago, while I was talking about your influence on my life — showing the audience in the Indian Museum in Kolkata the Zakir Hussain maquette wall — I said, “I will continue to ...