#Tawaif

I first came across the term tawaif with films Pakeezah & Umrao Jaan. The beauty in the art, dance & music made me want to know more. This Urdu word
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THREAD on once most respected profession COURTESAN, GANIKA, ended up in undignified NAUTCH GIRL, PROSTITUTESThe only entertainment in NON-TV age became NOT only OBSOLETE but an ABUSE in modern age.A
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Tragic news from Old Delhi: the dome of the Masjid Mubarak Begum (aka the Rundi ki Masjid) just collapsed.... Mubarak Begum was wife of Sir David Ochterlony. She started off
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My talk is Empire Shoots Back: Post-coloniality in Bollywood Film https://histfest.com/products/sunny-singhAnd to give you a taster, here is a thread of some of the things I’ll be talking about. And
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