Tabla player Pandit Shankar Ghosh passes away
Noted Indian tabla player Pandit Shankar Ghosh passed away in Kolkata on Friday, aged 80. The Sangeet Natak Akademi Award holder was in coma for the past 40 days after he underwent an angioplasty procedure following a heart ailment. He is survived by his wife Sanjukta Ghosh, son Pandit Bickram Ghosh and two grandsons.