A young Ravi Shankar playing sitar in his brother Uday Shankar's orchestra.

Ravi Shankar who, as an adolescent, came in contact with writers like Gertrude Stein and Henry Miller, heard musicians from Stravinsky to Louis Armstrong live, and met actors like Clarke Gable and Joan Crawford.

It was Uday Shankar who brought him in contact with his guru, Baba Allauddin Khan, when he invited the multi-instrumentalist maestro to join the troupe.