Some people enjoy reading music reviews rather than listening to music. The humorous article “Epidemic musicitis” by G. Ramanujam (Open Page, Jan. 2) was delicious. But the author failed to mention one symptom — jealousitis, found commonly in singers when accompanying artists or contemporaries receive better appreciation from the audience and critics.
Unlike other symptoms which vanish soon after the music season, this symptom stays.
Vathsala Jayaraman,
Chennai
I burst into laughter on reading the gentle wit tinged with polite sarcasm, and the commendable use of phrases to describe the infection that afflicts a few during the music season. The author rightly takes a dig at ambitious parents who, on hearing their children sing Ba ba black sheep, “immediately identify an M.S. lying dormant inside.” The article, apparently classifiable as hilarious, does provide an insight into weird behaviour.
G. Gokul Kishore,
New Delhi
