My Music, My Life

My Music, My LifeTwo Indian Artists made me what I am. These were my older brother. Uday, one of the greatest proponents of all things Indian and especially of our classical dance: and Allauddin Khan, called Baba, the master musician, who became my guru. When I was ten, in 1930, I joined a troupe of dancers and musicians that Uday had just formed. I was to dance in Paris and then around the world--including the United States--for the next eight years; but my progression to the sitar did not begi...