Posted by: lonelyguy January 13, 2009
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name been mentioned among the possible candidates for the Padma Shri award this
year than his detractors, especially in Bihar, swung into action. Accusing the
singer of being a non-Indian, they say he isn't eligible for what is one of the
highest civilian honours in the country.
A
front page report in one of Bihar's newspaper has Udit seething in protest.
"Some people are out to malign my name and cheat me of the recognition that the
government thinks I deserve. Claims are that I was born in Nepal, but let me
tell you, I was born in the Baisi village of the Supaul district in Bihar in
1955, at my maternal grandparent's home."
Udit
feels that attempts to debar him from receiving the Padma Shri are the handiwork
of people who are jealous of him. "I've been singing for 40 years now and I'm as
Indian as one can get. I've been out of controversies and scandals save the time
when my alleged first wife in Bihar challenged my second marriage. I think
people in Bihar are angry because they think I haven't done anything for Bihar.
Little do they know that last year, I had made a quiet donation of Rs 5 lakh
towards the flood-relief funds."