JK News Today
JAMMU: Former Member of Parliament, Dr. Karan Singh has expressed profound grief over the passing of legendary tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain, who breathed his last in San Francisco.
In a heartfelt statement issued today, the former Member Parliament Dr. Karan Singh ji said, “I was shocked to learn that the great percussionist Ustad Zakir Hussain has passed away in San Francisco. His father, Ustad Alla Rakha, was from a village near Jammu and always cherished his association with the Dogras. I knew Zakir Hussain from the time when he was a young boy and saw him with great pleasure growing into perhaps the greatest labia player we have produced. In fact he and the late Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma are two great musicians that Jammu has given to the nation in recent years. My condolences to Zakir Hussain’s family.”
