Anoushka Shankar enthralls Delhiites

There was much nodding to the beats and keeping time with the musicians when Anoushka Shankar performed in Delhi recently. The performance was a part of her Traces Of Youtour, and had already been in the news for a song dedicated to the victim of the December 16 gang-rape. "I heard about it in the US, and like many others, I felt a deep sense of anger and frustration," she said, and added, "Since I was in the studio, I ended up writing a song to express my feelings." That and the other widely varied pieces had the audience on their feet when the concert ended.

One of the special members of the ensemble that accompanied Anoushka was Manu Delago, on western percussion. Apart from the drums, Manu played a strangely melodious instrument called the hang. The hang, he told us, was developed after much scientific research, in Switzerland, in 2000. "It's somewhere between a tabla and a harp," said Manu of its sound. The hang is made up of two steel basins joined at the rim, creating a 'UFO shape' - striking the top produces a multitude of unexpected notes, and not the metallic clang one would expect.

Manu and Anoushka met in London, and started jamming together. When asked if he's ever tried his hand at an Indian percussion instrument, he said he'd tried the tabla, but hadn't practiced it with any seriousness.

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