Lata Mangeshkar, India s most loved singer who had once moved Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to tears, leaves behind a teary-eyed nation of admirers who grew up listening to her immutable voice give wings to the words of poets and the screen careers .
On a somber cold Sunday morning, India woke up to the devastating news of the demise of the Nightingale of India , Bharat Ratna and legendary singer, Lata Mangeshkar, due to multiple organ failure at Breach Candy Hospital, in Mumbai.
Though anticipated, when it became official that the Melody Queen of India, Lata Mangeshkar, is no longer among us, it hit the collective consciousness of the nation like a sledgehammer.