A graphic novel based on Pandit Ravi Shankar’s autobiography transports readers into the life and times of the sitar maestro.
One would imagine that an autobiography of legendary musical maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar would be a big, fat book tracing his journey from beginning to the end and all the milestones in between. But when his wife Sukanya Ranjan wanted to record the legend’s story, she decided to do it a little differently. “Sukanyaji called me saying she wanted an illustrated representation of Guruji’s life. It was meant to be a surprise for his birthday,” says Shobit Arya, owner of Wisdom Tree Publications, which recently published Yours in Music, a graphic novel based on Shankar’s autobiography. Read more…