Excerpt: Lata Mangeshkar: A Life in Music by Yatindra Mishra
Generally, the image that her fans have of Lataji is that of a serious, sober, reserved person. Her early struggles and the burden of family responsibilities left little space in her youthful years for her to indulge in the carefree pranks that many girls like to play in their girlhood with friends and companions. However, it is a joy to discover that underneath a disciplined and very quiet exterior is a mischievous girl, a marvellous mimic and a person who enjoys a good joke. She once narrated an incident that must be…