Poging GOUD - Vrij
A SON'S STORY
India Today
|December 08, 2025
MANISH GAEKWAD'S NAUTCH BOY REVISITS THE WORLD OF COURTESANS WITH A TENDER, UNSPARING GAZE
The tawaif, or old-fashioned courtesan, beloved of lurid tales set in the exotic East, is about to make a spectacular comeback.
Manish Gaekwad, son of a courtesan, has immortalised her on paper in a volume that could be called a festschrift in kajal.
The earthiness, the simple act of clawing the sweat of the body and creating a network of desire, not unmixed with guilt, find expression in Gaekwad's narrative.
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