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[Sureshs65]

Plum,

Fully agree with you. Those are the same points I have been making and fighting it out whenever the humility bit comes in. As I always claim, Raja is humble towards his art. I don't care if he is not humble towards me. His humility to art is evident in the fact that he is even now learning Jazz music, though he has composed quite a few pieces based on jazz. And the constant innovation of his. You are lucky to hear him speak, that is for sure.

And yes, skr and KV are very dedicated Raja fans. The amount of Raja's music they listen to and the wonder with which they listen to puts me at ease. One more generation will carry forward what Raja does. And the good thing is , unlike our gen, these guys are not stuck up only in 80s. There are quite a few in the hub who are 80s only folks but skr, KV and Hulk type of folks love the late 90s and 2000s Raja as much as they love the 80s Raja. And this is definitely good for Raja has created much magic in the 90s and 2000s as well.