grusl wrote:
> "David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote in message
> news:1ikfe5a.1f2iw29pfyiodN%d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk...
> > grusl wrote:
> >
> >> "David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote in message
> >> news:1ikfaav.fj15h6w0lj3tN%d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk...
> >> > grusl wrote:
> > []
> >> >> Which Delhi market did you stay near?
> >> >
> >> > Chandni Chowk, I'd guess, given the hotel's location.
> >> >
> >>
> >> I didn't look it up. There are hundreds of markets in Delhi. Khan Market,
> >> for example, is relatively upscale.
> >
> > It might have changed now, but Chandni Chowk was the one that everyone
> > insisted I go to. I bought my tabla from a good shop in that area.
> >
>
> The Economist ran an Iraq cover a few weeks ago featuring a Baghdad luthier
> repairing an oudh. There was an interesting follow-up letter from a musician
> urging every reader to buy an Iraqi oudh. To paraphrase, the letter-writer's
> message was "More than anything else, Iraq needs customers." Also, I hadn't
> seen the word "luthier" before. I like it.
Nothing wrong with just buying instruments for the sake of it, but I was
taking lessons on them at the time. :)
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