Aashish Khan
In a rare episode, Aasish Khan, the son of sarod maestro Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, 84, has chosen to accept Hindu religion. Akbar khan has termed his son’s decision as a action to defame the family’s reputation.
Ali Akbar Khan
Aasish has changed his surname to Debsharma. He claimed that his family is initially Brahmins. His great-grandfather Sadananda Debsharma had started using the title ‘Khan’. He, further, claimed that his family never converted to Islam.
However, Ali Akbar said that his family has been Muslims for generations. His son did a shame and hurting the past generation of our family.
Aasish is making several claims that his family even prayed to goddesses Kali and Saraswati, never followed Islamic rituals and offered namaz. He also claimed that his grandfather had opted the names, Dhyanesh, Pranesh and Amaresh for him and other kids.
