May I suggest to Peter Urquhart (Review, April 28), that to describe Indian classical music as "the ubiquitous background sound of the British curry house" is like saying that Elgar is the standard musical fare of the British fish and chip shop.
Richard Widdess School of Oriental and African Studies
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