by their own admission they dont fit the like father like son bill or they wouldnt be venting their ire against the system following the incident of ustad amjad ali khans sarod being damaged on an air india flight a departure from their fathers cool demeanourmy sarod and i share an 18yearold relationship its never about money its solely about emotions im not like abba had something like this happened to me i wouldve killed the culprit amaans anguish gave way what hurt him most was after the incident the officials of this national airline said in their defense that the sarod was already broken when abba had boarded the flight he rued ayaan continued when abba sent me a text to say all that had happened i was crestfallen one has to literally throw an instrument to reduce it to pieces the system was different in the 80s when one could carry ones instruments to the cabin but now for security reasons things have changed i pray that such a thing doesnt happen to any musician ever the emotional connect with the sarod has its own story to tell when our parents got married in 1976 my fathers friend hemant chandra sen had made it for him ironically hemant uncle passed away recently said ayaan talking about civil aviation minister praful patel apologising over a phone call ayaan insisted that the khan family doesnt hold any grudges against anyone its not the ministers fault its sad that it happened on our national carrier in the us the system is far far better abba isnt planning to sue the airline the sarod will be brought to kolkata soon for repairs they said