Annapurna Devi

An eyewitness, Shakuntala Narasimhan, later recalled the concert. Ravi Shankar would play a musical phrase. Annapurna would respond. And, in the eyewitness's telling, each time she seemed to outdo him. The audience loved it. That night became historic. https://x.com/ArunudoyB/status/2086464458470429142 Annapurna Devi did not stop playing music. She simply stopped playing for the world.