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God knows no religion. God belongs to mankind. I realized this while playing at the Balaji temple.

— Bismillah Khan

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Tradition takes time to change. But it changes, all right. All that I have to do is to keep trying.

Even if the world ends, the Music will still survive....Music has no caste.

Music lets me forget bad experiences. You cannot keep ragas and regrets in your mind together.

Sukriya. An image can never be the real thing. Varanasi is where the Ganga flows, where I can play the Shehnai for Lord Balaji. I shall be at home, nowhere else but in India.

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