Sitar Player Sketch

A sitar player walks into a pet shop to complain about a dead parrot. Not really. This drawing is based on a sitar player that I saw on my last day in Bombay. My wife and I were preparing to leave Bombay because of the threat of the imminent outbreak of war between India and Pakistan. We decided to take a break from the tension of watching the drama unfold on TV and go to a swanky hotel for a drink and to buy some souvenirs. When we got to the hotel we found it almost deserted. The guests had already gone to the airport. We walked into a opulent lobby that had pools of water filled with floating rose petals and at the back of the room was a man in elegant costume, sitting on a low platform and playing his sitar. We sat for a while drinking expensive bottled water as we listened to the sitar and enjoyed a peaceful moment.