Lata: A Life in Music is a celebration of the complete art form and the life of one of India's most revered vocalists. It is a tribute to the magnificent life of the late Lata Mangeshkar. The outcome of Yatindra Mishra's ten-year conversation with the legendary performer, it also explores the great artist's lesser-known sides, introducing readers to Lata Mangeshkar as an intellectual and cultural exponent and offering an unique window into the person behind the famous mystique. This is the most comprehensive biography of the nation's voice that also covers sociocultural developments from the late British era through post-Independent India up to the twenty-first century, at the intersection of cinema, music, and literature. The tale of the different legends, mysteries, and truths and contradictions which make a human an icon and also make an icon incredibly humane.