Miffed at the exclusion of his family from the prestigious Tansen Music Festival beginning in Gwalior on Friday, sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan has asked Madhya Pradesh government to refrain from turning the Department of Culture into a political centre.
"I was born in Gwalior. A road has been named after my father Ustad Haafiz Ali Khan. I have been playing the sarod across the globe. My two sons Amaan and Ayaan are known internationally for music. But I have not been invited even as a listener to the Tansen music festival," Khan told
PTI on telephone from Delhi.
Referring to the functioning of the Bharat Bhawan Trust, launched by former Prime Minister Indira