'Felt insulted': Veteran playback singer Sandhya Mukherjee turns down Padma Shri

Soumi Sengupta, daughter of veteran playback singer Sandhya Mukherjee, said her mother declined the honour because, "To confer a Padma Shri to a legend like her at the age of 90 is extremely demeaning".

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