Linda Viera Caballero, better known as La India was born on March 9, 1969 (age 53 years), in Río Piedras. She is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter of salsa, house music, and Latin pop. La India has been nominated for both Grammy and Latin Grammy Awards, winning the Latin Grammy Award for Best Salsa Album for the Intensamente La India Con Canciones De Juan Gabriel album.
Caballero began singing as a young girl, even taking opera training for a brief time her stage name, La India, was given to her by her grandmother because of her dark features and long, straight, black hair. La India describes herself as a feminist, having watched her father abuse her mother while she hid under the bed.
What happened to the singer La India?
On March 25, 2013, singer and dancer La India was attacked in her home ad ended up with a broken nose and a hematoma with internal bleeding, local media report.
According to some reports gathered, it was said that her boyfriend had attacked her but a close friend of the singer gave a different report saying she was attacked by some gringos in the hood of her home.
La India has not made any statements so far concerning the issue that happened to her.
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