pandit ravi shankar

At this year’s Grammy Awards, composer Ricky Kej took his third win. We take a look at the first Indian to win at the awards, Pandit Ravi Shankar, and how his win created history.

Jamming with the legendary Jimi Hendrix and influencing the world music with his sitar, Pandit Ravi Shankar’s nephew, Ananda Shankar left behind a legacy that continues to resonate in music even today.

Ayana Deva Angadi, a man from Mysore State [now in Karnataka] started the Asian Music Circle with little resources in 1946. This organisation was responsible for introducing several stalwarts, including late Pandit Ravi Shankar to Western audiences, as well as the reason behind the sitar maestro’s deep friendship with former Beatle George Harrison.

The quintessential English band was so entranced by Shankar’s scintillating expertise in Sitar that the band’s lead guitarist, George Harrison, flew all the way to India just to learn the rustic instrument straight from the maestro.

What happens when two music legends get together to play on the same stage? For sarod virtuoso Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, a joint concert with Pandit Ravi Shankar changed his life forever.

Here is the list of all the Indians who've won the Grammy Awards till date.