LATAJI KO PHIR JANAM LENE KI BILKUL KHWAISH NAHI THI , AUR LATA MANGESHKAR KAR BANKAR PHIR JANAM LENE KA KOI LOBH BHI NAHI THA , LEKIN UNN LOGO KA KYA KAHE JO UNKO ABHISE PUNAR JANAM DE RAHE HAI? BY ALI PETER JOHN

God may have made four or many more seasons for the world and it's people . But for his all - time favourite creation ,Lata Mangeshkar , he had already marked out a season that would never change or come to an end - Ali Peter John

It was proved during her lifetime and it is being proved in a much better way after she has now left this world with billions of memories which can never die.

Will her memories be allowed to die , dear God and dear man ? I don't think and I don't believe that she can ever be forgotten even after the world comes to an end and even if God is no longer the creator of the world and some other God takes over from him to build a better world than the previous God had built . Truly , Lataji is beyond this world and it's God .....

Like all other human beings , Lataji moved into another realm of life on the night of February ,6 , but little did we ordinary mortals know that Lataji had only left her body behind to be turned into ashes, but very few knew that she would rise from her own ashes and bless the world and thank it with a phoonk which would be her blessing on the human race .

Since that evening when her mortal remains went up in flames and ashes , all kinds of attempts are being made to pay condolences to her and her family and there will be more kinds of condolences , (Shraddhanjalis) to come and a time will come when words will fail to express the overwhelming sense of loss .

It is in this connection that I feel extremely lucky to have been a part of a devoted crowd which paid its tribute to the chosen one if God who's voice was and is stronger than the prayers of a million holy men , sants , maahants , mullahs , bishops and archbishops and even the Pope

I was fortunate to be at the Amrit Lata show organised by Ashok Hande and his team of Swarang. The four girls who sang the songs of Lataji were like angels sitting at the feet of Lataji and singing her praises.

The commentary of Ashok Hande brought alive the epic - like story of Lataji from her birth to her flight info a place which only she knew she was going to after a hectic and yet almost godly life on earth .

And as I was still trying to soak in the fragrance of Hande's Shraddhanjali , I received an invitation from two of my PR friends Parul Chavla and Anusha Srinivasan to attend an exhibition of paintings by an artist from Madhya Pradesh , Raja Saini who was was asked to do a series of paintings based on the life of Lataji.

The work on the paintings had started three years ago and it was the well-known industrialist Aneel Kashi Murka ro present the paintings to Lataji , but he was positively unfortunate as he couldn't fulfill his wish as lataji continued to be very sick and finally surendered her precious life to the dark forces of death.

But Murarka a die hard devotee of Lataji was determined to have the paintings done by Saini as he had a noble cause in his mind .

On February 14 , Murarka organised an exhibition of the paintings done by Saini at the Raheja Clasique Club and as one went along the walls , one could visualise the entire life of the lady in white who painted the many colours of life with her miraculous voice .

The exhibition of mind blowing paintings grew in grace and glory when Murarka said that the exhibition would be followed by a grand musical show and every naya paisa of the show would go to the Cancer Patients Society of which Murarka is an active member and Anusha Srinivasan, the leading PRO was a part of the committee.

The response to the exhibition was so inspiring that guests like Shikha Malhotra and the well-known comedian Sunil Pal bust into some of the best and emotional songs of the eternal singer .

Murarka who is a benevolent man who has backed several causes and has organised exhibition of other celebrities from different walks of life , including Amitabh and his three generations , has many other plans for the future , but right now , it is just Lata, Lata and only Lata on his mind .

AISE TOH NASHA BAHUT TARIKE KA HOTA HAI , LEKIN YE JO LATA KA NASHA AISA HAI KI KHUDAH BHI CHAAHE TOH CHHOD NAHI SAKTA .

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