Chennai: Veena artist Rajhesh Vaidhya, who is currently on a tour of the United States and Canada, is smarting from the fact that a prized instrument is damaged and unplayable.
Mr. Vaidhya was travelling from Dulles International Airport, Washington, to Edmonton in Canada when his 90-year-old veena was lost in transit by a Canada-based airline company.
Later, when it was found and handed over to him, Mr. Vaidhya found it to be badly damaged with a big hole in the ‘kudam’ (resonator) of the instrument and a large crack around its circumference.
The secure enclosure of the instrument remains intact, suggesting that the instrument had been removed from its secure packaging during transit. A post about the damaged veena that is doing the rounds on social media has many musicians commenting about the “indifferent attitude” of the company.
Many instrumentalists from Chennai, who travel frequently, say that the instruments are not damaged during travel, but only during transit at airports.
10/04/16 S. Poorvaja/The Hindu
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Mr. Vaidhya was travelling from Dulles International Airport, Washington, to Edmonton in Canada when his 90-year-old veena was lost in transit by a Canada-based airline company.
Later, when it was found and handed over to him, Mr. Vaidhya found it to be badly damaged with a big hole in the ‘kudam’ (resonator) of the instrument and a large crack around its circumference.
The secure enclosure of the instrument remains intact, suggesting that the instrument had been removed from its secure packaging during transit. A post about the damaged veena that is doing the rounds on social media has many musicians commenting about the “indifferent attitude” of the company.
Many instrumentalists from Chennai, who travel frequently, say that the instruments are not damaged during travel, but only during transit at airports.
10/04/16 S. Poorvaja/The Hindu
