Watching Abhay Rustum Sopori play raag Bhagwati, his own creation, on the santoor at a recent concert during the Pandit Kshitpal Mallick Music festival in Delhi, one thought about the instrument ...

He bought home a 100-string santoor and encouraged his young son to try playing it. Years later, Sharma recounted that he had initially resisted playing the instrument. "My father told me ...