Dubai: Sitar, the famed Indian stringed instrument, can take a lifetime to master. Yet the resonating, melodious strains of its music, made popular by Ravi Shankar who taught The Beatle’s lead ...

Mumbai: Actress Raakhee Gulzar spent weeks learning how to play the sitar from the maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar himself. It was for her role of the unfulfilled housewife in Aparna Sen's Paroma.

Actress Raakhee Gulzar spent weeks learning how to play the sitar from the maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar himself. It was for her role of the unfulfilled housewife in Aparna Sen’s Paroma. Recalling the ...

Pt. Rajeev Janardan is an exponent of Hindustani Classical Music and recognised as one of the leading sitar and surbahar players of his generation. A serious musician who believes in preserving the ...

Vadodara: A boat glides through the tranquil waters of the Narmada near Malsar village on the outskirts of Dabhoi. As it moves downstream, the familiar strains of ‘Sawan Ka Mahina’ float across the ...