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Ravi Shankar – the man behind ‘Concert for Bangladesh’

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*My very short tribute take on the Legend Ravi Shankar – the man behind ‘Concert for Bangladesh’ Pandit Ravi Shankar ‘got by with a little help from his friends’ and made this concert one of eastern classical and rock’s greatest acts of philanthropy. Writes Faizul Khan Tanim I wonder if i could accommodate one minute’s silence in this article to show respect to the legend Pandit Ravi Shankar who paved his way to the other side of the world on a sombre December 11 at age 92 in San Diego California. As Bengalis we would remember him as one of the greatest musicians to have represented us at peaks of musical heights worldwide. And as Bangladeshis, we must remember the value of friendship through the mellifluous tunes and weeping strings of his sitar when he helped assemble one of the greatest musical groups during our Liberation War in 1971 to perform in front of a strong 40,000 audiences on a hot August night at New York’s epicenter for life – the M