Gangubai once told film-maker Vijaya Mulay, in the initial years of television: “If a male musician is a Muslim, he becomes an Ustad. If he is a Hindu, he becomes a Pandit. But women like Kesarbai and Mogubai just remain Bais.”
Ustad: master/teacher, Pandit: scholar/teacher, Bai: sister.
Apun Ka Desh | 30-Nov-06 at 6:06 pm | Permalink
Well Said
anasuya | 02-Dec-06 at 4:02 pm | Permalink
Thanks, Apun Ka Desh!
Screen Sifar | 14-Dec-06 at 6:13 pm | Permalink
I’m an artist,and a begum.
khushamdeed!
anasuya | 15-Dec-06 at 10:07 am | Permalink
Yes, Screen Sifar, it’s a ‘welcome’ change, Bai to Begum.
Khush amdeed indeed!