Classical sarangi playing suffered another severe blow with the passing away of Ustad Allah Rakha Khan. It’s more a cause to grieve because the instrument is truly on the verge of extinction in ...

Though the sarangi is a difficult musical instrument to learn and it costs Rs70,000, it is one of the classical instruments which has 100 colours of music, he said.

The popularity of classical instruments, especially the sarangi, is declining in Pakistan and as a result, talented musicians and craftsmen who make the instruments are feeling abandoned. Zohaib ...