Art born out of pain is often the most exquisite, be it Vincent Van Gogh’s The Starry Night or Beethoven’s 9th symphony or, for that matter, the ever-so-versatile Asha Bhosle—the queen of Indi-pop. While the first two struggled with the pain of physical disabilities—Van Gogh creating his best while confined to an asylum and Beethoven creating his famous Chorale Symphony after going deaf—Asha Bhosle’s pain was both physical and emotional, stemming from a bad decision and marked with sibling rivalry, broken relationships, and personal loss.

Eloping at the tender age of 16 years with a man 20 years her senior led not only to estrangement with her siblings, Lata in particular,........

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