Online conversation: Ravi Shankar biographer Oliver Craske with Chicago based music writer Aaron Cohen.

In his recent book "Indian Sun: The Life and Music of Ravi Shankar" (2020), London-based writer Oliver Craske presents readers with the first full portrait of the legendary Ravi Shankar, a musician who influenced —and continues to influence—countless artists. In the book, Craske describes the captivating, restless workaholic from his lonely and traumatic childhood in Varanasi to his youthful stardom in his brother's dance troupe, from his intensive study of the sitar to his revival of India's national music scene. Craske who contributed much of the text for the current exhibition Ravi Shankar: Ragamala to Rockstar at South Asia Institute, has also authored "Rock Faces: The World's Top Rock'n'Roll Photographers and Their Greatest Images," a survey of leading music photographers, many of whose works are featured in the exhibition.

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