
An American who loved India and its arts—by Geetha Ramanathan Bennett
by
RY Deshpande
on Thu 08 Oct 2009 03:30 AM IST

I was fortunate to play for Bill Skelton’s 85th birthday celebration in October 2008 hosted by Colgate University. A number of his former students, including the president of a dot-com company, Professors of music professors and admirers, came from all over the country to celebrate that day. Wearing his dhoti and kurta he played
chakkani raja on the nagaswaram, and showed the videotapes of his days in India to take us all down memory lane.
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