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Mahindra Percussion Festival will pay homage to the rich legacy of Ustad Zakir Hussain
The third edition of the Mahindra Percussion Festival, in association with The Hindu, will be back in Bengaluru on March 1 and 2 at the […]
Grammys 2025 | Organisers leave out Zakir Hussain from ‘In Memoriam’ section
Tabla Maestro Zakir Hussain. | Photo Credit: ANI Four-time Grammy winner and Indian tabla maestro Zakir Hussain was excluded from the In Memoriam segment of […]
Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain left out from `In Memoriam` section at Grammys
Four-time Grammy winner and Indian tabla maestro Zakir Hussain was excluded from the `In Memoriam` segment of the 67th Grammy Awards, an apparent oversight by […]
Zakir Hussain’s tabla on display at Bengaluru’s Indian Music Experience Museum
A file photo of Zakir Hussain performing at the Indian Music Experience (IME) in July 2019. | Photo Credit: AFP Tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain […]
Goodbye, Zakir bhai. You will forever remain our guiding light
The original Shakti group: Zakir, John MacLaughlin, L. Shankar and Vikku Vinayakram. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The master-percussionist made the tabla his own in […]
Zakir Hussain (1951-2024) | ‘A miracle never dies’
Zakir Hussain in his bedroom overlooking the Arabian Sea, at Simla House, Napean Sea Road, Mumbai. | Photo Credit: Copyright: Dayanita Singh Dear Guruji,On Sunday […]
Zakir Hussain and the glow of fireflies
Zakir Hussain will continue to be the sound of India for a long time to come. | Photo Credit: Illustration: R. Rajesh Have you seen […]
Nandita Das: Awe-inspiring to see Zakir Hussain work
The last time the nation heard the late Zakir Hussain`s music on the big screen was in filmmaker Nandita Das`s 2018 drama ‘Manto’—the biopic of […]
Former cricketer Vilas Godbole: Zakir Hussain was a wicketkeeper
Vilas Godbole, former Mumbai first-class cricketer, revealed to mid-day on Monday that he knew the tabla maestro, the late Zakir Hussain, since he was a […]