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Manish Gaekwad
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Number of Pages
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Language
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Book Summary
The 1993 Bow Bazaar bomb blast in Calcutta brought an end to the kothas in the busy commercial district. Over the next few years, as dance bars and disco music replaced the old-world charm of mujras, kathak and thumri, the tawaifs began to abandon the profession. Rekhabai, a courtesan, found herself at a crossroads, facing an uncertain future. Where should she go? What should she do next? Originally from the Kanjarbhat tribe, Rekhabai was sold and trained as a tawaif while she was still a child. In the 1980s, when kothas were no longer recognized as centres for aesthetics, and society disapproved of the tawaifs art, as they felt it was sex work in the guise of adakari (performance), Rekhabai made a name for herself in Calcutta and Bombay as a singing-dancing star. It was an era when she had to dodge guns, goons and Ghalibs ghazals to carve out her own destiny, provide for her large family and raise her son in an English-medium boarding school.
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Author
Manish Gaekwad
Publisher
Harper Collins
Number of Pages
192
Language
English
SKU
BK0477603
ISBN
9789356993129
Reading Age
All
Binding
Hardback
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