The Heart Whispers And Whirls' is an immersive, multidisciplinary performance set to grace Queensland Multicultural Centre as ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the 25th edition of Jahan-e-Khusrau in Delhi, praising the Sufi tradition and Amir ...

Khusrau made lasting contributions to Indian classical music and qawwali, and is also credited for developing Hindavi, a ...

The sitar remains the most prominent of the Eastern instruments made popular by Western rock musicians. If you want to reach the heights of psychedelic rock, the sitar will get you there as ...

A group of civil rights activists and supporters of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign gathered outside Evin Prison in Tehran, Iran, on Tuesday night, chanting slogans against capital ...

Umar Ali is the owner of the Sitar restaurant on the corner of Victoria Road and Lower Vauvert which faces a two-month closure following flooding caused by a burst pipe from roadworks outside the ...

The youngest and last disciple of the legendary Pandit Ravi Shankar and heir to the prestigious Rikhi Ram musical instrument legacy, sitarist Rishab Rikhiram Sharma is set to return and ignite the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

When Kayvan Nikoufekr conceived his new Persian restaurant in Roslyn Heights, he wanted to showcase the authentic flavors of his native Iran, "with recipes as close to original as could be." ...

There’s Ed Sheeran, a sitar, and a pair of shoes… What’s the big deal? Ed Sheeran recently shared a video of himself playing Shape of You on a sitar, impressing many with his attempt at the Indian ...

For the past year, percussionist Sameer Gupta’s nonprofit, RootStock Arts, has presented bite-sized programs of classical Indian music at Medicine For Nightmares Bookstore & Gallery. By turning the ...

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 ...