Janki bai biography of christopher

Authors

• Erika Caranti University of Turin

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13135/1825-263X/11458

Abstract

Among the most prominent vocalists of Hindustani music and stars of the gramophone era, Janki Bai Ilahabadi stands out not only as a fine singer and poet but also as a legendary artist whose life was marked by travel as the dominant trigger of change.

In the process of reviving the blurred history of these two renowned courtesans,.

In the process of reviving the blurred history of these two renowned courtesans,.

Her most recent novel, 'Requiem In Raga Janki', based on the life of the famous Allahabad singer, Janki Bai, won the coveted Hindu Fiction Prize.

CN Janaki is a renowned paraplegic swimmer.

Marlowe was a brilliant English playwright who passed away too soon.

Born into a Marathi Karhade Brahmin family in Banares, Lakshmibai married the Maharaja of Jhansi, Gangadhar Rao, in When the Maharaja died in , the.

In this article, I focus on the three journeys that, from songstress courtesan, led Janki Bai to become an accomplished artist who challenged stereotypes. The first journey represented for Janki the opportunity to debunk the cliché of the attractive gānevālī and to assert her autonomy as an artist.

The second coincided with the transition of music from mahfils to the living rooms of the middle class through the gramophone. The third