Out of nowhere, the cumbersome beast the sitar became a cornerstone and symbol of counterculture, featured in a string of pop ...

New Delhi, August 27: August 28 is not just a date on the calendar; it marks the birth of Ustad Vilayat Khan in 1928, a man ...

On 30 June 1990, while history was being made in the world of Indian classical music, India remained completely oblivious. For the first time in the British parliament, an Indian musician had been ...

There is a moment, at the start of every sitar performance, when nothing has quite begun yet. The sitarist settles the instrument against his knee. He plucks one string, not to play a melody, but ...