What is a palimpsest and how does the term apply to India’s culture and its music?

What will be an ideal response?

• A palimpsest is a "manuscript parchment written on again and again in which everything written before is never fully erased. Everything written before is somehow still there, visible and readable . . ." Similarly in Indian culture old traditions persist and coexist with the new and innovative . . . "Everywhere jarring juxtapositions confront the visitor. . . . A traditional classical musical performance takes place around the corner from . . . the latest American rap."