Today is the first death anniversary of Swara Kokila Lata Mangeshkar. A year has passed since Lata Didi passed away, but her memories are as fresh as ever. We spoke to Lata Didi's sister Usha Mangeshkar on her first death anniversary. Usha ji used to live with Lata didi. Brother Hridaynath Mangeshkar also lives with them. Usha ji says that it never seems in the house that Lata Didi is not there. He is with us even today.
Lata ji had a lot of affection for her brother, Hridaynath had the same affection for him. Usha ji told- Brother Hridaynath has been in shock for a year due to the death of Didi. Couldn't get over it. Didi used to cook food very well, especially Gajar ka Halwa. After his departure, we all have stopped eating carrot pudding. I have thought that I will never eat carrot pudding again.
Read Usha Mangeshkar's special conversation with Dainik Bhaskar on Lata Didi's first death anniversary…
Question- How is the condition of the family members after Didi's departure?
Answer- Didi loved brother Hridaynath the most. Seeing his talent, Didi used to adore him a lot. Brother's leg was bad, so didi used to suffer a lot because of this. Didi is still with him. Brother was deeply shocked by sister's departure. He was ill for the last one year. Now we are slowly taking him out of shock. With time now he has become much better than before.
Brother Hridaynath was deeply shocked by Didi's departure.
Brother Hridaynath was deeply shocked by Didi's departure.
Question- How is Lata bringing life back on track without Didi?
Answer- I do not believe that she has left. I am at home and I am doing everything as before, talking with him or sitting in his room. I don't think I'm alone. I know he is with me. Neither am I afraid, nor am I afraid of the fact that Didi is gone.
Everything at home is like this. I see who is doing all the household chores, what and how. She used to talk to me and tell me that this is not right. I also used to say that sister, I am worried about this, give me advice. Such things used to happen between us. Then we used to talk about the house, we used to talk about father and mother, we used to talk about what to bring for the children of Hridaynath. Sister used to pamper brother's children a lot.
I remember all these things. I try not to copy him, but live up to his memories. I feel I should complete this thing, so I complete it.
Question- What did Didi like the most?
Answer- Didi has many such things. I was with Didi for 80 years. The unheard thing about Didi is that Didi loved to cook. She used to cook everything veg and non veg. She also used to cook some unique dishes which everyone liked very much. She used to make carrot pudding very well. Ever since she's gone, we've made up our minds that we'll never eat carrot halwa again. She used to make some non-veg items so well that people were crazy about her. Didi had also fed food to the cricketers.
One cricketer picked up a pot of carrot halwa and ate the entire halwa. (Usha ji did not tell the name of that cricketer even after insisting a lot.) As good as she used to sing, she used to cook equally well.
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