When Lata Mangeshkar opened up about not marrying her entire life

Regardless of her eight decade long career, Lata Mangeshkar largely stayed away from the gossip columns. The singer remained unmarried all her life and while there were rumours featuring certain names, the singer always maintained silence.

During an interview with Hindustan Times in 2013, the legendary singer revealed about the importance of love, marriage, and children in her life, one of the isolated instance she did so.

During the interview, when asked about what role love played in her life and who was the lucky man, Lata clearly responded saying, "There are some things only for the heart to know. Let me keep it that way."

Furthermore, the late singer also talked about people's ideas that a woman is 'incomplete' unless she is married and has children. The singer said, "People talk all sorts of things, so learn to ignore them. Else, it’ll be difficult to lead a happy life. Energies that are negative and depressing should be kept at bay. I have always done that."

The singer then cited an interview of Kiran Rao in which she spoke about the same, and said, "Bohut khoobsurat bola hai unhone (she has spoken beautifully). It’s important to first find happiness and a sense of fulfilment within yourself, else the dream of being fulfilled only through marriage or children loses its significance."

Lata Mangeshkar passed away at the age of 92 on Sunday. The veteran singer was diagnosed with Covid-19 and pneumonia last month.

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