The document is a reaction paper submitted by a student named Eloisa Mae Jamoles about the life and music of Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar. The student describes Shankar as the best known contemporary Indian musician who developed his own style from rhythmic practices of Carnatic music. While the student likes the Indian musical styles of ragas and tala, they do not like the ritual of burning bodies and throwing them into rivers after death. The student also comments that while Indian music is the oldest, Filipino music is more accurate.