List three examples that illustrate assimilation of outside influences into India’s music culture. (Examples may vary.)

What will be an ideal response?

• (1). The presence of non-Indian musical instruments such as the European saxophone, the guitar and the mandolin in Carnatic music.
• (2). The all-inclusive nature—American pop/rock, jazz, Latin rhythms, eclectic accompaniments, and so on—of South-India's cine and pop music industry.
• (3). The globalization of music through audio/video and other electronic media (for example, cassette tapes, TV, movies, CDs, DVDs, Internet communication, and so on) will continue the mutual influence between India and the West.