Here’s a look at Tawaif-core and the history of tawaif culture ... make-up artists and Instagram influencers dress up as tawaifs inspired by Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Netflix show Heeramandi.

Without fuss, she quickly changed into a peshvaz, the elite tawaif’s ceremonial dress for performance, comprising a long- sleeved, close-fitting bodice that flared out into a full skirt reaching ...

This Saturday, Chaturvedi comes to Mumbai with Tehzeeb-e-Tawaif: Courtesan Culture and Women Performers in India (18th-20th Century), a one-day symposium presented by her non-profit registered ...

In the introduction to the book, Saba Dewan speaks of her 19-year-long search for the phenomenon of the tawaif It is ‘known’ that tawaifs were entertainers, singing, dancing and warming the beds of ...

Tawaif is the Awadhi term for a highly-skilled courtesan. Tawaifs rose to prominence during the 18th and 19th centuries in the royal courts of Awadh. Read more here. They took Persian ...