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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The stillness in Joey Valenciano’s face belies the intensity with which his fingers pluck the sitar, making it sound, at times, like children laughing, a woman humming a soft and whimsical tune to ...

In a room five feet by 10 feet, Zia, 64, and his son Imran, 25, attach strings to a wooden frame, a meticulously carved structure with white embellishments. Imran works on the body, inlaying ...

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 ...