An Open Letter to the Outlook Magazine in response to its cover story for the September 25, 2006 issue. Congratulations on striking the death knell for Hindustani classical music! One can’t quite remember the last time that Outlook did a cover story or a feature on classical music, but I am happy that you have chosen to don the role of the ‘rudali’ in the absence of anything else. On a more serious note, Arindam Mukherjee’s article has left