New Delhi, Dec 3 (PTI) A “devastated and truly disturbed" Anoushka Shankar has said her sitar was damaged on an Air India flight, telling the airline in a social media post that “even an Indian instrument isn’t safe with them" and this is the first time in 15 or 17 years that this has happened.

The high-profile musician posted a video on Instagram on Wednesday showing a deep crack through the lower rounded end of the stringed instrument.

“First I was just looking at the top of my sitar and felt like it was really out of tune. And after I turned it and picked it up to play and that’s when I realised. This was my first time flying Air India after a long time. You’re the country this music belongs to and this is the first time anything like this has happened to my instrument in 15 or 17 yea

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