I suppose this is a very difficult aspect to mention, but, well, it is predominantly present in the Post Lata period.Well, wanna know what it is? It is the posthumous anecdotes about Latadi. The P.M. to the C.M., and beyond, everyone is overflowing about anecdotes about Latadi. Inevitable it is in a way.
Hers was a voice literally of a millennium. Not only did she sing without obvious efforts but beautifully, she, moreover, seemed to emote, and thus enact through her lilting voice that magically created a persona for the heroine to adopt and adapt. It is but natural hence that there would be zillions of memories, each enriching kaleidoscopically the phenomenon that Latadi was.
What sears my heart is the fact that when she was alive, many of the people now gushing about/over her ill-treated her, insulted her, spread rumours about her. Just the other day, I saw this video of hers wherein she was asked if you were to be reborn, would you like to be reborn as Lata. Her response, albeit with her trademark smile, was heart wrenching. She said, "To begin with, I don't want to be reborn. But if I am to reborn, I do not want to be re- born as Lata." She ended the comment with a note that was quite emotional. She said Lata alone knows what it meant to be Lata!
Pratima@faraway mountains are forever fascinating.!
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