Author: Manish Kumar

Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain passed away at 73, his family confirmed on Monday. India’s very own legend who was a percussionist, composer and even an actor leaves behind more than 60 years of music. Hussain died from ‘idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis’, a lung disease, in a San Francisco hospital. Hussain, whose music is celebrated globally, created music across genres and styles, including in his repertoire jazz and concertos, naturally developing an ‘all-inclusive musical creativity’. Dignitaries from all walks of life including politicians, artists, industrialists and eminent personalities paid their tributes to…