Kamala Chakravarti

Kamala Chakravarty (born Saraswati Kamala Shastri , 1928) is an Indian classical musician and former dancer, known for her association with sitar maestro Ravi Shankar . From 1967 until the late 1970s, she accompanied Shankar, in the role of tambura player and singer, in a number of acclaimed performances, including his Human Rights Day duet with violinist Yehudi Menuhin (1967), the Concert for Bangladesh (1971) and the Music Festival from India (1974). She also lived with Shankar as his wife from 1967 to 1981, during which he was still married to musician and teacher Annapurna Devi .