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Toronto university honours Jasraj

TORONTO: The University of Toronto on Monday honoured noted Indian vocalist Pandit Jasraj for his outstanding contribution in thefield of classical music. The university8217;s Faculty of Music Distinguished Visitor Award for the year 1999, carrying a citation and a medal, was presented to him by the chancellor of the university, Rose Wolf, at a simple function held here. The university has also decided to set up a chair to promote Indian classical music. Speaking on the occasion, Pandit Jasraj said 8220;it is an honour to India, Indian culture and Indian music.8221; The president of Indian Performing Art in Canada, Ben Sennik, said 8220;India and Canada might still be finding difficult to retrieve their relations from the post nuclear test stress, but Indians and Canadians here were going blithely ahead8230; building a composite culture that takes in the best of both worlds8221;.