Vadodara: Barodis have their own memories of the Nightingale of India Lata Mangeshkar He died on Sunday morning at Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai.
The legendary singer was in Vadodara in 2005 when MS University conferred an honorary doctorate on her during the 52nd annual convocation.
Montek Singh ahluwaliathen Deputy Chairman Planning CommissionGovernment of India was invited as the Chief Guest during the Convocation Ceremony to deliver the Convocation Address, in which ‘Lata Didi’ was affectionately conferred with the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters (D Litt).
The officials recalled that a total of 6,550 undergraduate students, 1,872 postgraduate students, 698 diplomas and 33 PhD scholars were awarded degrees at the convocation held on October 8, 2005.
The veteran singer was conferred an honorary degree by former MSU Chancellor Late Dr Mrinalini Devi Puar who presided over the function at the convocation.
former syndicate member Mukund Shah Remembers the famous singer as extremely polite and courteous in her conversations. She was gheraoed by onlookers since she landed at the airport, but she was extremely polite when she spoke to people.
Interestingly, the singer had also bought a saree from the city. Shah’s wife Malti helped the singer select saris from a bundle of sarees that had been brought to a premier five-star hotel by three of Vadodara’s leading saree shop owners. The singer, who was kept in the hotel, wanted to gift a sari to her relative in Mumbai.
“In fact, she was so straightforward that she easily conversed with my driver, who, being a Maharashtrian, was well versed in Marathi,” Shah recalled.
The legendary singer was in Vadodara in 2005 when MS University conferred an honorary doctorate on her during the 52nd annual convocation.
Montek Singh ahluwaliathen Deputy Chairman Planning CommissionGovernment of India was invited as the Chief Guest during the Convocation Ceremony to deliver the Convocation Address, in which ‘Lata Didi’ was affectionately conferred with the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters (D Litt).
The officials recalled that a total of 6,550 undergraduate students, 1,872 postgraduate students, 698 diplomas and 33 PhD scholars were awarded degrees at the convocation held on October 8, 2005.
The veteran singer was conferred an honorary degree by former MSU Chancellor Late Dr Mrinalini Devi Puar who presided over the function at the convocation.
former syndicate member Mukund Shah Remembers the famous singer as extremely polite and courteous in her conversations. She was gheraoed by onlookers since she landed at the airport, but she was extremely polite when she spoke to people.
Interestingly, the singer had also bought a saree from the city. Shah’s wife Malti helped the singer select saris from a bundle of sarees that had been brought to a premier five-star hotel by three of Vadodara’s leading saree shop owners. The singer, who was kept in the hotel, wanted to gift a sari to her relative in Mumbai.
“In fact, she was so straightforward that she easily conversed with my driver, who, being a Maharashtrian, was well versed in Marathi,” Shah recalled.
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