Desi Divas: Anoushka Shankar & Norah Jones

Half-sisters and full celebrity musicians, Anoushka Shankar and Norah Jones.

Anoushka , the daughter of classical sitar maestro Ravi Shankar, isĀ  a renowned sitarist and composer herself. She’s also a columnist and actor. Her paternal half-sister, Norah Jones, is equally gifted and a familiar voice and face in American popular music. She is a country/blues singer, pianist, and composer.

Besides her widely praised solo work, Anoushka has collaborated with Joshua Bell, the classical violinist, Herbie Hancock, the jazz pianist, and legendary classical cellist, Mstislav Rostropovich.

Norah (born Geethali Norah Jones) sold over 26 million copies of her sensational debut album, “Come Away With Me,” which won 5 out of the 9 Grammy awards she’s won altogether. Billboard rates her the best-selling Jazz and popular singer of the last decade.