Re: south asian moghuls history and exploitation of women as court room dancers
an indian employee said, as it came up in discussion during a youth performance rehearsal.
did/does Islamic civilisation's spread in indian cubcontinent, encouraged/s concubinage of women?
This could be considered a theory. Need some more investigation
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a tune was hummed and later referred to as a tavaif song. and she had the nerve to react back out of spite and said to the person who sung the tune, 'are your ancestors from tavaif background'?
her sense of entitlement being an south asian indian was enough to make her feel all alright, in spitting this out. simply over a hummed tuned refferred to as a tavaif song.
and then she went on to say, that all the tavaif hood in south asian continent, is in fact a brainchild of the moghul times? other than protecting the youth from answering back in a disrespectful manner to her, i kept my own reply back.
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Despite being disrespectful, her statement holds some value. The patronage was indeed there from the rich and mighty (mughals, nawaabs) The golden age of tawaifhood is quite classy indeed with rich garment, ornaments and classic language.