What the poets share is a delicate balancing act between a respect for centuries of tradition and the breakneck speed of modern society.

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It’s the language itself that does the trick—Shankar has a marvelous way of getting sound and phrasing to say both something and themselves.

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Ravi Shankar knows how to play his chosen instrument, poetry, better than anyone, and he allows the instrument to play its soloist too.