Triple tragedy for Chitra Singh

Mumbai, Oct 10 (PTI) Tragedy has been a constant
companion of Chitra Singh, who with her husband Jagjit pulled
the ghazal genre out of the drawing room of the elite and
brought it to the masses.
"I can imagine her plight and how lonely she must be
feeling," singer Asha Bhosle said, reacting to Jagjit Singh's
death this morning after a massive stroke.
In 2009, Monica Chaudhry, the 49-year-old daughter of
Chitra Singh from her first marriage, committed suicide at her
residence at suburban Bandra.
In 1990, Jagjit and Chitra's son Vivek died in a car
crash here which left the couple devastated. Jagjit went
silent for six months only to emerge stronger but Chitra lost
her voice after the tragedy.
In fact, some of Singh's finest works came after that
tragedy as pain had an enriching effect on his art.
These included 'Sajda' with Lata Mangeshkar, 'Someone
Somewhere', 'Hope', 'Kahkashan' (recorded with Ali Sardar
Jaffri for a teleserial), 'Silsilay' with Javed Akhtar,
'Marasim' with Gulzar and 'Samvedna' (featuring former prime
minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's poems).