{"id":175,"date":"2017-10-04T14:00:27","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T19:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/courtesansofindia\/?p=175"},"modified":"2021-01-11T13:07:24","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T18:07:24","slug":"dave-ranjana-a-walk-down-memory-lane-searching-for-tawaifs-and-beauty-in-the-lanes-of-old-delhi-scroll-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/courtesansofindia\/?p=175","title":{"rendered":"Dave, Ranjana. “A Walk Down Memory Lane: Searching for Tawaifs and Beauty in the Lanes of Old Delhi.” Scroll.in., 2017."},"content":{"rendered":"

This article is available for free online at Scroll.in: https:\/\/scroll.in\/magazine\/849681\/a-search-for-tawaifs-in-old-delhi-reveals-a-present-thats-not-always-comfortable-with-the-past<\/a><\/p>\n

Dave\u2019s article describes the history and movement of courtesans from Old Delhi to New Delhi, noting how few and far between the tangible traces of courtesans\u2019 history in Old Delhi have become, and the vast difference in cultural and social attitudes towards courtesans before and after their relocation to GB Road, the red-light district of New Delhi. Dave notes that even in GB Road the presence of famous courtesans like Maya Devi have faded away, and makes note of \u201chow the past slips away.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This article is available for free online at Scroll.in: https:\/\/scroll.in\/magazine\/849681\/a-search-for-tawaifs-in-old-delhi-reveals-a-present-thats-not-always-comfortable-with-the-past Dave\u2019s article describes the history and movement of courtesans from Old Delhi to New Delhi, noting how few and far between the tangible traces of courtesans\u2019 history in Old Delhi have become, and the vast difference in cultural and social attitudes towards courtesans before and Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[31,63,23,128,26,49],"class_list":["post-175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-sourcefree-online","tag-courtesan","tag-delhi","tag-history","tag-open-source-free","tag-secondary-source","tag-tawaif"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t