Ustad Shahadat Hossain Khan: Requiem for the Unsung Maestro

He was no ordinary instrumentalist. Neither was he a run-of-the-mill tutor of music. He was a gifted musician, a rare talent, groomed in one of the most illustrious gharanas ofsub-continental classical music. The strikes of his jawa on the four strings of sarod not only produced quality music; it mesmerised the audience, relieving them from their everyday stress, freighting