says the classical singer who feels that young india is quite fond of classical musicmusically yours classical singer shubha mudgal feels its necessary to evolve music if you see from time immemorial music has been experimented with after all the ragas also evolved by dabbling with the sur so how can we compartmentalize music now and call it purely classical or purely pop says shubha who has successfully mixed the two genres and given hits like ab ke saawan and seekho na mudgal was in lucknow for the inauguration of an eventyoungistan ki jaan talking about youngsters the singer says its a fallacy that youngsters dont enjoy classical music they do youll be surprised at the number of young people we have in the audience especially in maharashtra and down south its not as if the interest is dying down its just that its not talked about the beauty of our music is that it appeals to all age groupsfact of the matter but the singer does agree that young musicians get a rather raw deal in the country ill blame the authorities for that who say there arent young musicians and singers and dont organize programmes for them aap unhe chance hi nahi denge toh how will they come forward then they say that senior artistes like us have a monopoly its a sad scene and we all must and are trying to change it says the singer who also lays the blame on parents for not encouraging their kids to take up the arts how many parents would let their child forego home work and do his or her riyaaz i think none arts and culture in our country is taken up as a hobby a pastime by the parents and the kids no one is ready to devote all their time to music or dance says shubha whose own son has a band of his own in delhi