gundecha brothers died in 2013.ame to light in a facebook post in september, bringing me too to the heart of north indian classical music. it has since been widely —— widely reported by the media. at least five women who made the allegations against the teachers said the allegations with the bbc, including rachel fairbanks, uses the late ramakant gundecha sexually ramaka nt gundecha sexually abused ramakant gundecha sexually abused her. she has given us permission to show her identity. permission to show her identity-— permission to show her identi . . ,~' ., identity. he asked me to get in the back of _ identity. he asked me to get in the back of the _ identity. he asked me to get in the back of the car _ identity. he asked me to get in the back of the car with - identity. he asked me to get in the back of the car with him. i the back of the car with him. and then i did that. and then he started kissing me. and he pulled my pants down and touched my vagina. and i left very soon after that had happened. i ended up n

we contacted umakant and akhilesh gundecha, the two surviving brothers.th men have strongly denied the allegations against them, stating that vested interests were used in this episode as a tool to further their agenda of causing damage to the art and reputation to the dhrupad sansthan and gundecha brothers. both men also declined to speak to us on camera. for some in the industry, such as prominent vocalist neela bhagwat, the allegations expose deep—seated patriarchy and power imbalance entrenched in the guru—shishya — or teacher—student relationship. the guru expects a complete submission and complete subservience. in the relationship with the guru, the female student is vulnerable. bhagwat along with a household name in indian classical music, are rare exceptions to have spoken out in support of the students. the male maestros have largely remained silent. it's not known when or if the independent investigation will be made public. for the women, the trauma of what they went through lingers. i have my tambura in the living room right now, and it's goin