Great singer's greatness

There was a concert in New York or some other US city. The main singer had another budding singer in the troupe. The concert was a great one. The main singer left some of the swaras to be sung by this budding singer. There was thunderous clapping. The concert was over and at the backstage one group of audience came and told the main singer that they want a concert. Main singer said yes without hesitation. The group hesitated and told 'not yours, we want this budding singer to sing in our program' The main singer said yes without hesitation. Even when I write this I feel tears in my eyes. The greatness just doesn't end if you sing well. When you make your student sing independently and make that person more confident, then it is real greatness. The budding singer has narrated it in one of the newspapers during the main singer's death anniversary. I have heard of gurus who do not approve student's thesis because the Guru took five years and the student, though brighter than the Guru, cannot get the PhD till at least five years if not more!

What a difference between the PhD guru and the main singer. The main singer mentioned here is the melodious and scholarly Dr.M L Vasantha Kumari (one and only I shall say) and the student who narrated the incident is the now very famous Mrs. Sudha Raghunathan. What a pair of great singers!