Sometime in the 1970s, Zakir Hussain, a young and rising tabla virtuoso ... learnt Arabic in Madarsa and worshipped Goddess Saraswati. The cultural barriers within the Hindustani music world ...

He said, I am the worshipper of Goddess Saraswati and ... Indian classical music and global art. "Deeply saddened by the passing of Tabla Maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain, a true legend whose rhythms ...

The tabla maestro, Zakir ... Goddess Saraswati and Lord Ganesh. This was a devout Muslim talking. He said this is the knowledge he got from his teachers and wanted to pass it on to his son ...

I am the worshipper of Goddess Saraswati and Lord ... what he left behind in the form of his art. Goodbye and Thank you." 09:08 (IST) Dec 16 Zakir Hussain on his tabla: 'My relationship with ...

Zakir Hussain was instrumental in shaping the way people perceived and accepted the tabla in the last six decades ...

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) December 20 (ANI): Padma Shri Ileana Citaristi paid tribute to the late Tabla Maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain, describing his passing as a "terrible loss" for the entire artist ...

The late tabla legend Zakir Hussain once shared a captivating tale about his father, Ustad Alla Rakha, and his unconventional way of honouring Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of knowledge and music.

The Bengal Biennale, held in Santiniketan and Kolkata, marked a successful debut. Organised by Malavika and Jeet Banerjee ...

Zakir Hussain was more than just a virtuoso; he was a custodian of Indian cultural heritage. He was a devout Muslim, but often connected his art to the divine, offering it as a tribute to Lord Shiva ...

Tabla maestro Zakir ... it’s an art form, then the Brahmins must have stolen the labour from the subaltern artisans who made it before chopping off their right arms and pouring molten lead into their ...

Zakir Hussain ... ingredients of Indian classical music − and Hussain was widely considered its greatest living virtuoso. The artist's cause of death was idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, according ...