The one song rendered by Lata Mangeshkar which made then Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru teary-eyed was “Ae Mere Watan Ke Logon” (O People of My Land), which was written by the poet Kavi Pradeep in 1962 to honor Indian soldiers who died amidst the Sino-Indian War.
According to the story behind the song – the aluminum foil – While walking on Mahim Beach in Mumbai, Kavi Pradeep was deeply moved by the loss of life and, inspired by the phrase “Ae mere watan ke logon,” he borrowed a pen, ripped the aluminum foil from his cigarette pack, and wrote the initial…
