The Kabir Centre inaugurates its 2023 concert season with the <>Magnificent sitar played by Mita Nag, one of India's leading female artists. She will be <>accompanied by the brilliant percussionist ...

Shweta Basu Prasad needs no introduction among cinema lovers. The actress, who first impressed the audience with her screen presence years ago as a child artist, soon made a mark for herself with ...

The sitar’s metal strings result in tough calluses but yield a delicate sound. The instrument – reminiscent of its Western guitar counterpart – is a plucked instrument with strings and 20 frets, used ...

The sitar's distinctive sound is produced by a gently curved surface that makes each note bloom before it settles, an effect Indian craftspeople perfected by ear centuries before scientists could ...