Dr Karan Singh expresses shock over passing of Ustad Zakir Hussain

Srinagar, Dec 17: Senior Congress leader Dr Karan Singh Tuesday expressed deep shock over passing of tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain.

In his message Singh 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”.

Singh while recollecting his memoir said, “I knew Zakir Hussain from the time when he was a young boy and saw him with great pleasure growing into perhaps the greatest tabla 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”.

He also expressed condolences to Zakir Hussain’s family.