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Lopa Kothari with a tribute to India's sitar legend Ravi Shankar on the centenary of his birth. Born in Varanasi on 7th April 1920, he was an international performer from an early age, as a dancer in his older brother's troupe. He then studied for years with a sitar master, then established his name as a leading virtuoso in Europe and America as well as India. In an interview from 1999 for Radio 3's World Routes, he recalls his formative years, and the period during the 1960s when he worked with The Beatles, performing at pop festivals and recording with George Harrison We also hear from Viram Jasani, himself a sitar player in 1960s London, who introduces a Ravi Shakar broadcast from 1956 for the 麻豆社 Third Programme.