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Video of Prince Rama Varma informally addressing a group of young music students, before giving them a little test. He quotes a line from the Thyagaraja masterpiece in Reethigowla, "Shatha Raaga Rathna Malika Che" before talking about the importance of listening to hours of good music, apart from just practicing songs. He jokes that Thyagaraja probably gave His students a similar raga identification test and gave a stuffed penguin as a prize to the winner, which was what he was planning to do also. I can't wait to upload the video of the test next, which was a fascinating though seemingly casual and informal display of Varma ji's complete mastery of his chosen subject,Classical Indian Raga Music. God bless Varmaji and his students!