Bade Ghulam Ali Khan saheb's exasperated remark about the eternal diva still holds true: Lata Mangeshkar hasn’t sung a wrong note in sixty years. We look back in awe and affection.
Not terribly off-putting was the verdict of the stern Mother Superior after the flag hoisting ceremony, ‘I didn’t quite get why you are wearing a moustache when singing that song. Is the singer a man with a falsetto?’
(This story appears in the 09 October, 2009 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)