A bamboo tube with a few holes, the bansuri seems to be a simple instrument. But looks can deceive. In the hands of a skilled artist, the flute is an ... the noted Indian sitarist, he said.

That's partly how Deepak Ram — who was raised in one of the townships reserved for people of Indian descent — learned to play a bamboo flute known ... of the notes within the melody or phrase ...

A master of the Bansuri, the North Indian bamboo flute, he has collaborated with all sorts of illustrious musicians from the world of Indian Classical Music and also masters of other styles and ...