In the post, she added that “it seems an Indian instrument can’t be safe with them,” and compared the damage with “thousand of flights taken on other airlines without even a peg going out of tune.”

xBritish-American sitarist Anoushka Shankar said she was “devastated and truly disturbed” by damage to her sitar after a recent Air India flight. Shankar posted a video of the broken instrument on Instagram and accused the airline of “willful disregard” in its handling of her sitar. “Devastated and truly disturbed by airindia’s treatment of my sitar. How on earth does damage like this happen without willful disregard?” she wrote saying the incident felt “especially sad” because she had chosen to fly Air India again after a long gap. In the post, she added that “it seems an Indian instrument

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