Douglas M. Knight

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DOUGLAS M. KNIGHT JR. is a musician and independent scholar whose personal and artistic relationship with India and Balasaraswati’s family began in the late 1960s. He has appeared in performance with Balasaraswati, her brothers Ranganathan and Viswanathan, her daughter Lakshmi Knight, and her grandson Aniruddha Knight. He has been a Fulbright Scholar, a fellow of the American Institute of Indian Studies, a Humanities Fellow of the Asian Cultural Council, a Guggenheim Fellow, and been awarded other honors and awards.