This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli sitting in for Terry Gross. Ravi Shankar, who popularized the sitar and Indian music in America, died this week at the age of 92. He befriended the Beatles, gave ...

Farhan Akhtar has been cast as Ravi Shankar in Sam Mendes' Beatles films, but who exactly was this man? A concise history of the sitar maestro who mentored George Harrison.

Anoushka Shankar celebrates two decades with a compilation CD and tour. Credit: Photo by Anushka Menon/Courtesy of JP Cutler Media Anoushka Shankar gets it, she really does. She understands that when ...

A new, ambient sound has arrived and it stars Santa Barbara–raised songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Maxton Hunter and his journey learning the sitar. The tracks “Dhara” and “Jaya” were released ...

When Kartik Seshadri was a child, he enjoyed flying kites, playing cricket and spinning tops. But his most conspicuous pastime was a little less routine. At an age when most kids struggle to perfect ...

By Sonakshi Kohli: ORIGIN OF SITAR Sitar has been a part of the Indian history and culture since the medieval times. It was invented in our country itself and played extensively at the royal courts ...

Miner grew up playing the classical violin, but says that as a teenager she was drawn to the transcendent music of the sitar, a long-necked lute with a hollowed-out gourd body. The instrument’s ...