From Pumpkin to Sitar 

Jyoti Hegde is among the world’s leading rudra veena players. Sitar was her first love, and she studied the instrument under Dr. Bindhu Madhav Pathak, starting training at the comparatively late age...

Ustad Bahauddin Dagar is a torchbearer of the Dagarvani Dhrupad, known for its patient, meditative approach. He is the world’s leading master of the rudra veena (‘roaring veena’), still considered by many...