I remember one example of his humility t Once SUJATHA (S.Rengarajan) wrote in one of his novels- Nylon kayiryu I suppose – “Radiovil MD Ramanathan Athala Paadalathil Paadikkondirundar” Within a week he was performing in my town. When he touched a at a very low Octave in Bhairavi, he suddenly paused and told his accompanying artists -Thyagarajan on Violin – Trichy Sundaram on Mridangam, “Ithu than Anda Atahala paadalam” – and the entire audience were jubiliant, appreciating his extreme ability to sing at that Octave, Sense of hunour and Humility to crack joke on oneself!