Anoushka Shankar (अनुष्का शंकर) (b. 1981), is a sitar player and composer f… Read Full Bio ↴Anoushka Shankar (अनुष्का शंकर) (b. 1981), is a sitar player and composer from India. She is the daughter of Ravi Shankar, Indian sitar player, and Sukanya Shankar. She began playing sitar under her fathers guidance at the age of nine and blossomed into a wonderful musician. She is becoming increasingly known for not only her recital work but for her own classical Indian compositions.

Born on 9th June 1981, when Shankar was eight years old her father began training her in the sitar. She gave a public performance at the age of thirteen; since then she has become a world famous sitar artist. Through her father, she is the half-sister of Grammy Award winner Norah Jones. After her parents reunited, from age seven on she lived in Encinitas, California, USA, where she gave several charity performances as a teenager and graduated from the local public high school.

Her album Rise was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Contemporary World Music category; this was her second Grammy nomination. She also became the first Indian woman to perform at the Grammy Awards when she performed during the pre-telecast ceremony of the forty-eighth awards.

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Anoushka Shankar Lyrics

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Arpan Built an empire from a pile of sticks, Sticks and stones,…
Beloved Yes I want you And I need you The angel just passed…
Burn Dancing on the tip of the evening moon Precious kiss This …
Easy It's only love It's only love You know how it feels Feeling …
Kanya Yo no tengo una puerta donde llama Yo no tengo, yo…
Mahadeva Sankara Sri Mahadeva Hara Hara Siva Mahadeva Sankara Sri Mah…
Sea Dreamer Same tide that drew me closer Pushed me far away I held…
Sinister Grains का से का से कहूँ? का से का से कहूँ? जिया के का से…
The Book of My Life Let me watch by the fire and remember my days And…

The Inner Light Without going out of my door, I can know all…
The Sun Won't Set The sun won't set Not now, not yet The sun won't set Not…
Traces Of You Traces of you Linger like a tear drop Fresh upon the air…

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