I whanau a Anoushka i Rānana, i wehewehea tana tamarikitanga i Rānana me Rānana. He tamahine ia na Sukanya Shankar me te kaitoi sitara Inia a Ravi Shankar, 61 ona tau i te wa i whanau ai ia. Na tana papa, he tuahine tuarua ano ia na te kaiwaiata Amerika a Norah Jones (i whanau a Geetali Norah Shankar), me Shubhendra "Shubho" Shankar, i mate i te tau 1992. I a ia e tamariki ana, i noho a Anoushka ki Encinitas, California, ka haere ki San Dieguito High School Academy. He tohu tohu 1999 me te Kuini Homecoming, i whakatau a Anoushka ki te whai i te umanga puoro i te kore e haere ki te kaareti.
Rānana me Rānana