NEW DELHI – Anoushka Shankar’s sitar troubles this week set off a mix of shock, sympathy, and concern among musicians after ...

Sitar maestro Anoushka Shankar's instrument, damaged on an Air India flight, is now restored by luthier Ajay Rikhiram.

This week, Anoushka Shankar did what she’s done for most of her life, reached for her sitar to tune it before a performance ...

A "devastated and truly disturbed" Anoushka Shankar has said her sitar was damaged on an Air India flight, telling the airline in a social media post that "you're the country this music belongs to" ...

Anoushka Shankar has publicly spoken out against Air India after discovering significant damage to her sitar following a recent flight. The internationally acclaimed musician, who had chosen the ...

The pair spent weeks together, starting the lessons at Harrison's house in England and then moving to a houseboat in Kashmir and later to California. Gaining confidence with the complex instrument, ...

Each week, Daily Bruin A&E will explore the instruments of the World Musical Instrument Collection and their performers that all contribute to the musical landscape of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of ...

NEW DELHI — Ravi Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over a ...

Shankar said the airline had also offered to compensate for the repairs and promised "a policy change after a full ...

NEW DELHI — With an instrument perplexing to most Westerners, Ravi Shankar helped connect the world through music. The sitar virtuoso mentored a Beatle, became a hippie musical icon and spearheaded ...