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Bollywood is killing Hindustani culture, says sitar player Imrat Khan

New Delhi, Oct  7:    Leading sitar exponent Imrat Khan of the Etawah gharana, who is one of the few surviving players of surbahar, a variation of veena, says that India should put clamps on "sleazy




"India is very competitive. Horses and donkeys are treated on a par. But the horse looks around and flees to places where they are rewarded," he said on the exodus of classical musicians in the 1970s-80s.

The 77-year-old maestro was in the country to perform in the Delhi Classical Music Festival, a five-day carnival of music, this week.