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How Marathi-speaking Lata Mangeshkar's Bengali music left a Kolkata boy transfixed
Kunal Ray • 4 years agoWhen you listen to Lata Mangeshkar's Bengali songs, it is hard to tell that the singer is a native Marathi speaker. Her pronunciation is exact. Each word properly rendered. Other than Hindi and Marathi, some of her most important songs were sung in Bangla.
Lata Mangeshkar was a religion of her own; personal relationships notwithstanding, her work cut across politics
Subhash • 4 years agoLata Mangeshkar's 'Allah Tero Naam Ishwar Tero Naam' was no empty rhetoric. If she is being mourned in Pakistan as much as in India, then it is only because she sang for mankind, not for passports.
Lata Mangeshkar passes away: A neighbour recalls lessons on music — and life — from the legendary singer
Lgo • 4 years agoLata Mangeshkar was a Bharat Ratna, a national treasure in every sense but at home, she was just tai. She had an ethereal presence that she wore ever so casually.
Lata Mangeshkar admitted to ICU after testing positive for COVID-19
Fp Staff • 4 years agoSinger Lata Mangeshkar is in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a hospital in Mumbai after she tested positive for COVID-19. She has mild symptoms.
Lata Mangeshkar files FIR against woman accused of duping people in her name
Fp Staff • 8 years agoA woman named Revati Khare has been accused of collecting donations from people and promising a future performance by Lata Mangeshkar in return.
Dilip Kumar not dead, is completely fine, tweets Amitabh Bachchan
Fp Staff • 11 years agoA string of tweets appeared sparking rumours that veteran actor Dilip Kumar died at Lilvati hospital late on Monday. Later Amitabh rubbished claims.