Classical musician Amjad Ali Khan

An interview with Amjad Ali Khan, one of India's best-known classical musicians and an acknowledged master of the sarod, a fretless string instrument that is notoriously difficult to play. Five generations of his family before him also devoted their lives to it. He talks to Razia Iqbal about the merits of learning his craft through the traditional guru system and the outlook for classical music in 21st-century India.