It was a pleasant surprise today morning to visit the Google India homepage to find a Doodle honoring the tabla maestro Ustad Alla Rakha. If you have not heard of him, he is the father of the well known tabla exponent Zakir Husain - of the ‘Wah, Taj!’ fame.
The Google Doodle has a caricature of Ustad Alla Rakha playing the tabla - the two tabla drums making up the two 'o' in the word Google. The other letters appear to have taken the inspiration from the black etchings usually found on tabla tops, to make up the full word.
Ustad Alla Rakha was born on April 29, 1919 in Phagwal, Jammu, began his career in Lahore, and was employed in All India Radio, Bombay as staff musician in the 1940s. Alla Rakha was honored with the Padma Shri in 1977, and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1982. Alla Rakha passed away on February 3, 2000 in Mumbai.
The Google Doodle has a caricature of Ustad Alla Rakha playing the tabla - the two tabla drums making up the two 'o' in the word Google. The other letters appear to have taken the inspiration from the black etchings usually found on tabla tops, to make up the full word.
Ustad Alla Rakha was born on April 29, 1919 in Phagwal, Jammu, began his career in Lahore, and was employed in All India Radio, Bombay as staff musician in the 1940s. Alla Rakha was honored with the Padma Shri in 1977, and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1982. Alla Rakha passed away on February 3, 2000 in Mumbai.
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