Douglas M. Knight
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. Among many venues, he has performed at the National Heritage Fellowship Awards in Washington, D.C., the World Music Institute in New York, the National Centre for Performing Arts in Mumbai, the India International Centre in New Delhi, and the Madras Music Academy. He has been a Fulbright Scholar and a Guggenheim Fellow, as well as the recipient of other honors and awards.