Manna Dey!

Nothing can be more heartening news to all music lovers than the
selection of Manna Dey for Dadasaheb Phalke award for 2007.In his
sprawling colourful musical career spanning almost sixty years he’s
been honoured with a host of awards.However,Manna Dey should have been given this most prestigious award much earlier! Dey’s now 90 and happily he’s still in pink of health and we wish he would remain as active as now for many years to come! But a question arises, though hypothetical and it sounds a discordant note, if Dey were not gifted with a long life, would he not miss this award that he strongly deserves? We should be content with ‘it’s better late than never or all’s well that ends well’!