Requiem in Raga JankiAuthor :
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Published : Thursday 14 June 2018
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Allahabad, early twentieth century. The British rule across India, but Avadhi culture is thriving. In this city where singers, musicians and poets assemble, a star emerges. Janki Bai Ilahabadi enthrals listeners wherever she performs, and counts as her fans maharajas and maharanis, poets and judges, nawabs and government officials-everyone. She is Janki Chhappan Chhuri, Janki of the fifty-six knives-attacked in her youth, she survives miraculously. Brought up in a nautch house, she rises to become the queen of Allahabad, her voice taking her from penury to palaces and royal durbars. Based on the real-life story of Hindustani singer Janki Bai Ilahabadi (1880-1934), Requiem in Raga Janki is the beautifully rendered tale of one of Indias unknown gems. Moving from Hindustani classical musics earliest times to the age of the gramophone, from Tansens mysticism to Hassu Khans stringent opposition of recordings, this is a novel that brings to life a golden era of music through the eyes of a gifted performer.
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