08-22-2006, 03:02 AM
Ustad Bismillah Khan dies, aged 90
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Bismillah Khan leaves behind a rich legacy of shehnai recital, which remains unparalleled in the annals of Indian classical music. Ailing for some time, he turned down requests from the Central and State Governments for treatment elsewhere as he could not leave his favourite Banaras.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The Ustad personified secularism. "He was a practising Muslim who offered `namaz' five times a day. Yet he had immense faith in Baba Vishwanath, Sankat Mochan and Ganga maiyya. Asked to hunt for greener pastures, he used to remark, ``where will I find Baba Vishwanath and Ganga," says Pandit Vyas
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Bismillah Khan leaves behind a rich legacy of shehnai recital, which remains unparalleled in the annals of Indian classical music. Ailing for some time, he turned down requests from the Central and State Governments for treatment elsewhere as he could not leave his favourite Banaras.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The Ustad personified secularism. "He was a practising Muslim who offered `namaz' five times a day. Yet he had immense faith in Baba Vishwanath, Sankat Mochan and Ganga maiyya. Asked to hunt for greener pastures, he used to remark, ``where will I find Baba Vishwanath and Ganga," says Pandit Vyas
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