‘Sad Lata did’nt perform in Bhopal’

Bhopal: 78-year-old Suresh Tanted of city-based Abhinav Kala Parishad, who has organised music shows of legendary singers like Begum Akhtar, Jagjit Singh, Talat Mehmood, Mahendra Kapoor and more at

Bhopal

during last 50 years, is filled with remorse today as, despite his best efforts, he could not pusuade the ‘Nightangle of India’ to perform in Bhopal. He regrets that even the state governments did not do enough to organise a grand show of

Lata

Didi in the capital. He said, “She was like

Goddess Saraswati

to me. There wouldn't have been a bigger occasion for me if she had agreed to my invitation to perform live at Bhopal in 1980, but she didn't have time. Tanted said, "I feel, we were too small to organise her live show but the state government should have done it. They have finances, resources and manpower.” TNN