Renowned classical flutist Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia has rued the apathy of the government towards art and culture.
"The government should do more but it stays away from art. Look at sports - Sachin Tendulkar was awarded the Bharat Ratna... The government should think about other fields as well," he told reporters after performing here last evening.
"There is no dearth of talent in our country. A lot of can be done in the field of art and culture if the government shows interest."
The flutist performed at the 'Musicin thePark'event at the CentralPark, which was organised to pay tribute to Indian classical vocalist, Kishori Amonkar, who passed away recently.
Chaurasia was accompanied by Pandit Ramkumar Mishra on the tabla, Rajendra Banerjee on the harmonium and Debopriya Chatterjee and Manu Singh Rajputa on the flute.
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