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Ravi Shankar, the Indian sitarist and composer whose collaborations with Western classical musicians as well as rock stars helped foster a worldwide appreciation of India’s traditional music, died Tuesday in a hospital near his home in Southern California. He was 92. Multimedia Video Ravi Shankar at the Monterey Pop Festival (YouTube) Related India Ink: Ravi Shankar's Death Mourned in India (December 12, 2012) India Ink: Outside India, Shankar Fascinated Generations of Fans (December 12, 2012) Times Topic: Ravi Shankar Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesarts for arts and entertainment news. Arts Twitter List: Critics, Reporters and Editors A sortable calendar of noteworthy cultural events in the New York region, selected by Times critics. Go to Event Listings » Enlarge This Image Associated Press The Beatles' George Harrison with Ravi Shankar in 1967. Readers’ Comments Share your thoughts. Post a Comment » Read All Comments (82) » Mr. Shankar had suffered from upper respiratory and heart ailments in the last year and underwent heart-valve replacement surgery last Thursday, his family said in a statement. Mr. Shankar, a soft-spoken, eloquent man whose performance style embodied a virtuosity that transcended musical languages, was trained in both Eastern and Western musical traditions. Although Western audiences were often mystified by the odd sounds and shapes of the instruments when he began touring in Europe and the United States in the early 1950s, Mr. Shankar and his ensemble gradually built a large following for Indian music. His instrument, the sitar, has a small rounded body and a long neck with a resonating gourd at the top. It has 6 melody strings and 25 sympathetic strings (which are not played but resonate freely as the other strings are plucked). Sitar performances are partly improvised, but the improvisations are strictly governed by a repertory of ragas (melodic patterns representing specific moods, times of day, seasons of the year or events) and talas (intricate rhythmic patterns) that date back several millenniums. Mr. Shankar’s quest for a Western audience was helped in 1965 when George Harrison of the Beatles began to study the sitar with him. But Harrison was not the first Western musician to seek Mr. Shankar’s guidance. In 1952 he met and began performing with the violinist Yehudi Menuhin, with whom he made three recordings for EMI: “West Meets East” (1967), “West Meets East, Vol. 2” (1968) and “Improvisations: East Meets West” (1977). Mr. Shankar loved to mix the music of different cultures. He collaborated with the flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal and the jazz saxophonist and composer John Coltrane, who had become fascinated with Indian music and philosophy in the early ’60s. Coltrane met with Mr. Shankar several times from 1964 to 1966 to learn the basics of ragas, talas and Indian improvisation techniques. Coltrane named his son Ravi after Mr. Shankar. Mr. Shankar also collaborated with several prominent Japanese musicians — Hozan Yamamoto, a shakuhachi player, and Susumu Miyashita, a koto player — on “East Greets East,” a 1978 recording in which Indian and Japanese influences intermingled. In addition to his frequent tours as a sitarist Mr. Shankar was a prolific composer of film music (including the score for Richard Attenborough’s “Gandhi” in 1982), ballets, electronic works and concertos for sitar and Western orchestras. In 1988 his seven-movement “Swar Milan” was performed at the Palace of Culture in Moscow by an ensemble of 140 musicians, including the Russian Folk Ensemble, members of the Moscow Philharmonic and the Ministry of Culture Chorus, as well as Mr. Shankar’s own group of Indian musicians. And in 1990 he collaborated with the Minimalist composer Philip Glass — who had worked as his assistant on the film score for “Chappaqua” in the late 1960s — on “Passages,” a recording of works he and Mr. Glass composed for each other. “I have always had an instinct for doing new things,” Mr. Shankar said in 1985. “Call it good or bad, I love to experiment.” Ravi Shankar, whose formal name was Robindra Shankar Chowdhury, was born on April 7, 1920, in Varanasi, India, to a family of musicians and dancers. His older brother Uday directed a touring Indian dance troupe, which Ravi joined when he was 10. Within five years he had become one of the company’s star soloists. He also discovered that he had a facility with the sitar and the sarod, another stringed instrument, as well as the flute and the tabla, an Indian drum. The idea of helping Western listeners appreciate the intricacies of Indian music occurred to him during his years as a dancer. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/13/arts/music/ravi-shankar-indian-sitarist-dies-at-92.html?hp&_r=0

AWWWW...Look at that doggie stuffed toy he is holding....Soo cute!

How many magazines does she do in a year? And she barely talks about Chris in a praise worthy way in them....Guess that's the privacy policy!

A new magazine http://www.justjared.com/2012/12/11/gwyneth-paltrow-tracy-anderson-cover-redbook-january-2013/ Gwyneth Paltrow and her personal trainer Tracy Anderson buddy up on the cover of Redbook‘s January 2013 issue, on newsstands December 18. Here is what the 40-year-old actress and the 37-year-old trainer had to share with the mag: Gwyneth on post-pregnancy body issues: “With my daughter it had been easier, but this time, no matter what I did, I felt stuck. I couldn’t shift the weight. But I met Tracy and she was this force from the second I met her. She pulled my pants off. I’ll never forget it. She was like, “Oh, my God, wow, I just am so surprised, because you look so good in clothes. I wasn’t expecting this.”” Gwyneth on her 40th birthday: “The morning of my 40th birthday, my children and husband woke me up with hugs and gifts, and I proceeded to have the best week of my life. I feel really happy being 40, now that I’m on the other side of it. There was definitely some uncomfortable anticipation. But I’m amazed at what I’ve been able to accomplish, that I’ve maintained my important relationships and have such incredible women friends, that I have two funny, beautiful children who can give me a real life. In a way, I feel like no one should make big life decisions until 40. It’s when it all starts to settle and become clear.” Tracy on how her method helps: “When you feel your best, you’re more confident in bed, It’s not lights-out, under-the-covers sex. It’s more like, “Take a look at this!””

He seems to have a bad black eye in those pics with moses! Hope he gets better soon!

where is the picture from? Isn't it cold in london?

She moves too fast! I have no idea where she goes and is going or is at ! http://www.popsugar.com/Gwyneth-Paltrow-Red-Coat-LAX-26236737?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

This is very sad! She actually died...This kind of proves how big the hype is just because a young woman is going to have a baby!

They have pictures here I haven't seen before.... I don't know why I can't seem to post them here! http://www.popsugar.com/Gwyneth-Paltrow-Chris-Martin-Pictures-26186867?slide=7

And there is no sign of Chris obviously! Anyway, happy Annivversary!

Pat McGrath ‏@patmcgrathreal In Abu Dhabi backstage at #pgvisionhouse with the lovely @GwynethPaltrow !! Xx http://t.co/iH7YrBI8

Seriously? What the hell does the video MEAN???A pink elephant similar to the elephant from the paradise video burning....a boy in a GAP sweat shirt singing ...and kids playing ....in slow motion...What does it MEAN? Expected better from coldplay ...Dissapointed! :(

Love love LOVE the new look!! :D:D They agree! :lol:

In which interview did Chris himself recount his experience in cooking? I read it and I remember it was very funny but I can't find it! Can anybody help me out? Tash? :P

This is soooooo awesome, he seems excited about the next album! Can't WAIT!

Didn't he himself speak about this in an interview?

Famous People Suitcases: Gywneth Paltrow I don't know if this is false...and I think they might have mistaken LA for New York !

And "Penetration" ....he is like (with his big blue eyes) "WTF?" :D :D

I found these two interviews from way back in 2005 , I don't know if you guys have seen them before or I am posting again...But here goes.. as he is EXCEPTIONALLY CUTE AND REALLY PERVY! [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz-ps6MVvWY]Backstage Pass - Coldplay & KT Tunstall Part one[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8dsBJsb9qc]Backstage Pass - Coldplay & KT Tunstall Part Two[/ame]

YIPEEEE!!!! :) :D :D

I wonder if chris was with her during thanksgiving! Wasn't he in Australia?

He looks like a model allmost like those Burberry adds! :P

Isn't Gwyneth cold? I mean she just has a blazer on in Heathrow! PS. I like her sense of humor!

I really liked the last goop! The Martins are into Homeland!!!! I love that show!

Hey Beata ....great to be introduced! I'm Teerna! This is your welcome picture to relish...