India, Sept. 5 -- When the world identifies you as the last disciple of sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar and the great-grandson of music instrument maker Pandit Rikhi Ram Sharma, it can be intense. Yet, sitarist-music producer Rishab Rikhiram Sharma is honouring this legacy and carving his niche. Crediting his gurus for his success, especially after his recent India tour, the 26-year-old says, "There is a lot of self-talk that goes into thinking, if not me then who's going to take [the legacy] forward... After I lost my guruji (in 2012) and Ustad Zakir Hussain (in 2024), I had no role models to look up to. That's when I thought, 'I'm going to be someone that a child would look up to'." The same confidence was visible in his twinkling eyes when he first met his guru at the age of 11. "Imagine an 89-year-old scrolling YouTube on his iPad and discovering my video of playing sitar...that's how he found me... A guru is a person who shows you the light. The most important thing that guruji taught me was 'how to think'. Viewing music through his lens, I developed my own way of looking at things. Today, my music is a reflection of who I am as a person," he shares. His connection with his guru transcends the physical world. "You won't believe it; there was this one time when I forgot the second half of a [music piece]," he recalls, adding, "That night, guruji came in my dream and reminded me how it's to be played. Whether it's your subconscious mind or whatever, if you have that connection with your guru, they would even come in your dreams to teach you."...