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The rhythm divine: Ustad Zakir Hussain, the tabla virtuoso whose music bridged continents

The rhythm divine: Ustad Zakir Hussain, the tabla virtuoso whose music bridged continents

by Darshana Ramdev | Dec 19, 2024

(December 19, 2024) At the age of 19, Ustad Zakir Husain travelled to the US for the first time. “It was the most important decision of my life,” he said, decades later, in an interview with Karan Thapar. “In some ways, the decision was already made...

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