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Ravi Shankar has indeed demonstrated himself as a mediator between the traditional music culture of India and the modern culture of the West. He accomplishes this through a number of different ways. Mainly, Shankar sticks to his roots of his own garana and then experiments with it under the auspices of a new culture, such as the West. Thus, he has learned to adapt his tradition to where he actually is at the moment. This ability to be flexible in different instances allowed him to be so accepted in the West, while remaining in relatively good standing with purists of his musical tradition. The mu