"The sitar is a really difficult instrument to play. Physically it's taxing because of the cross-legged sitting position, the length of the neck on the shoulder, the thinness of the strings. There's a lot of pain, especially at the start."
Anoushka Shankar is a British American sitar player and composer. Born on 1981-06-09 in London, she has performed globally across Indian classical and contemporary genres. She is the daughter of Ravi Shankar.