Indian Classical Sitar

After finding what I assume to be Indian classical music, I still don't understand how the behemoth of a chordophone that is the sitar is played at all. Though my song might be nameless, it certainly has the qualities of Indian classical music.

The accompaniment in the piece is very light, as it seems to just have the sitar playing along with a few drone notes throughout the piece. Even without the drumming the piece is very obviously Indian with the sitar, who seems to be improvising by doing different embellishments throughout the entirety of the piece. Much of this particular song seems to be going between a lower monophonic melody and a high chord back and forth, though most of the melody itself is the ornamentation.

Another interesting thing about the piece is its rhythm. I would say it is nonpulsatile, but the speed of the subdivisions in the music seem to be the same. The eighth notes always happen the same length apart from each other, but each phrase seems to come in at a random point. Because of this and normal Indian classical music tendencies, it is hard to tell if the song has a quasipulsatile beat or if is going through systems in its tala. Even though I don't know how to tell, I do really enjoy the sporadic rhythm of the piece, and personally find the song itself rather calming.