Umrao Jan Ada is perhaps one of the most enigmatic and forgotten female figures in South Asian Literature The question of her existence, her beauty, her scholarly abilities and her poetic gift remains a mystery even today The book is an account of Umrao s life as a Lucknawi courtesan, a nautch girl, delivered in the first person by Umrao herself and documented by a close Umrao Jan Ada is perhaps one of the most enigmatic and forgotten female figures in South Asian Literature The question of her existence,...
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