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 ...

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 ...

On Ustad Vilayat Khan’s 10th death anniversary, we celebrate a man of infinite contradictions, who forever changed the sound of the sitar Updated - August 22, 2014 at 11:29 AM. He played till about ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES — A few months ago, for what felt like the thousandth time, I tweaked my bedroom/music studio/office into just office for a Zoom meeting. On my trestle desk, I angled my computer so no one ...