Perhaps if it did, one wonders if the virus may have called off its attack. As the coronavirus gets to your throat, there is no evidence to suggest it can recognise a voice box that has given such joy to millions for over half a century. Perhaps that is why humans fear the microscopic being, which straddles animate and inanimate forms. Unfortunately, a virus doesn’t differentiate. In the over 40,000 songs he sang, he became the voice of different generations of actors and music directors and thereby travelled with different generations of fans as well. The credit goes to the consistency he displayed through his long career. Despite eventually testing negative for the virus, he had remained in hospital because of poor health.īalasubrahmanyam had been such a constant presence in the lives of the people of southern states for over 50 years that even the mere thought of a time without him would have struck many as absurd. He had tested positive for Covid-19 on August 5. SPB, as he was fondly called, died on Friday in Chennai. For many South Indians, SP Balasubrahmanyam, the legendary playback singer, was certainly one of those things. There are times when we take certain things for granted and assume that they will be a part of our lives forever. “And so, dear friends, you’ll just have to carry on”: John Lennon, ‘God’. Omicron: Severity of new variant in India could be low, says health ministry.‘Tadap’ review: A twisted tale of misogyny.
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