KARACHI: Ask anyone closely associated with the National Academy of Performing Arts (Napa) about sitar maker Zafar Ali, all one hears is, “woh jo lakri ka kaam kertay hain” (That person who works with ...

Dadpur, almost 50 km from Kolkata, is a village in Uluberia where the day begins with birdsong and the notes of the sitar. Every person in the village starts their day with their thoughts attuned to ...

Pune: The handmade sitar created in Miraj in Sangli district of Maharashtra is now travelling to the US, Germany and the UK for musicians based there. The instrument was made popular by Pandit Ravi ...

ENCINITASENCINITAS — Indian classical musician Kartik Seshadri compares the destruction of the prized sitar he played and toured with for 38 years to the pain of losing a limb. “It drives me to tears ...

M Kashan learnt the art of making sitar from his father Ustad Ziauddin. The art has been part of his family tradition for almost 200 years. “My grandfather and great grandfather were also in the same ...

Nearly a year ago, an idea hit musician Purbayan Chatterjee — it was to create an electric sitar that would react to every note played on it. He wanted a sitar that would sound alive and at the same ...