Drunk men banged on my door, I hid, escaped at night, Singer Sona Mohapatra describes her Kota ordeal

The journey to Kota was uneventful & my social media posts will attest to the fact that I felt only love & excitement to be playing in Rajasthan , a place I hugely admire for its rich legacy of art , music , live performance & artistes . The only thing bothering me at that time was wether I'd do justice to the stage & huge expected audience of over 20,000 people . To demographics ranging from teenagers , children , 60 + 's & from tourists , villagers , students .. Truly a diverse crowd to say the least & not an easy task for any artiste to hold everybody's attention you'd agree ? The reason that I was most worried is because I had come down with an asthma attack after a long tour & the main focus I needed to keep was on the show & keeping my voice .







On reaching the Umed Palace in Kota at 5 pm , having taken a long dusty road journey , we came to know that there might not be any time for my band to carry out a basic sound check , something that we usually require at least 1 hour .