MUMBAI, Apr 24: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday was honoured with the Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar award and remembered the iconic singer as an artiste who was an integral part of nation-building. Modi, who regarded her as his elder sister, is the first recipient of the award. Lata Mangeshkar died at 92 in February following multiple organ failure. “Lata Didi, apart from being the queen of melody, was my elder sister. She taught generations the language of love and compassion. […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Sunday honoured with the first Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar award at an event in Mumbai where he remembered the iconic singer for her integral part in nation-building and consciousness of patriotism of which, he said, her father Dinanath Mangeshkar was the source.