Begum Akhtar - Love's Own Voice SAWAI GANDHARVA BHIMSEN MAHOTS

Begum Akhtar - Love's Own Voice SAWAI GANDHARVA BHIMSEN MAHOTSDescription : Akhtaribai Faizabadi, or Begum Akhtar as she was later called, was a much loved classical diva of 20th century India. The last of the great female singers from the courtesan (tawaif) community, Begum Akhtar effortlessly transcended that label to marry Barrister Ishtiaq Ahmed Abbassi of Lucknow. Witty, vibrant, and engaging with the world at various levels, here was a remarkable woman who took life head on, and by many accounts, perhaps a

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who’s been called ‘arguably the greatest violinist in the historyof Indian music’

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