I am providing this music video for your Make Benefit Understanding Of Glorious Dothead Culture  ….. just like I did with  Olena (that gorgeous Siberian throat singer), and  The Hu (the Mongolian rock band),  of which both videos were met with great appreciation. (Really).

So, why this, now?  Because there was a rather lengthy article about the singer, Lata Mangeshkar, in today’s  NJ Shit Ledger.  She died a couple days ago, age 92.

The entire nation of 1.1 billion people is in great distress. In fact, Prime Minister Modi declared two days of national mourning.  “I am anguished beyond words. She leaves a void in our nation that can not be filled. The coming generations will remember her as a stalwart of Indian culture, whose melodious voice has an unparalleled ability to mesmerize people.”, he said.

She is like Elvis Presley, the Beatles, and Michael Jackson all rolled into one … only more successful and popular (at least in India). Read some of the comments in the youtube video …. it’s as if God Almighty has died!

I’m not sure why they are so devastated.  Don’t Hindu’s believe in reincarnation?  And Karma …. that if you lived a bad life you come back as a lower life form, and if you lived a good life you come back even better, greater, and higher?  She might come back as Kamala Harris, really, that’s how damned wonderful she is (at least in India). 

Anyway, I thought that when a billion people mourn someone that you TPBers should be aware of it … really, not kidding, so that your Cultural Understandings might be expanded beyond whatever-the-fuck is popular in America today (of which I have very little clue).

In closing, the song commemorates the Indian soldiers who died during the Sino-Indian war.  You can read about it  HERE.  It’s so beautiful, so moving, such melody, the voice of an angel … bring your tissues folks.

R.I.P.  Lata Mangeshkar.

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Lyrics in English.

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