New Delhi: A “devastated and truly disturbed” Anoushka Shankar has said that her sitar was damaged during an Air India flight , expressing her shock in a social media post in which she reminded the airline that “you’re the country this music belongs to”. She added that this was the first time in “15 or 17 years” that her instrument had sustained such damage while travelling.

The acclaimed musician shared a video on Instagram on Wednesday showing a deep crack across the lower rounded end of her sitar.

“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 tim

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