Rishabh Rikhiram Sharma Claims Last Discipleship Under Pandit Ravi Shankar Amid Contestation

Sitarist Rishabh Rikhiram Sharma asserts he was the late Pandit Ravi Shankar's last disciple, describing their relationship as intimate and strict, with Shankar often scolding but never physically disciplining him. Sharma recalls Shankar's urgency in teaching due to limited time in India and shares memories of The Beatles visiting his grandfather's instrument store on Shankar's recommendation. However, Shankar's daughter, Anoushka Shankar, has contested Sharma's claim of discipleship.