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The Story of Gauhar Jaan: India’s First ‘Pop’ Star
Portrayed with a gramophone, a small white cat and a flower, the illustration of Gauhar Jaan by Aditi Damle on today’s Google Doodle offers a passageway to her impressive list of achievements. From becoming the first Indian to record music on a 78 rpm record, to performing for King George V and becoming the palace musician of Maharaja Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV of Mysuru, this legendary musician and dancer’s illustrious career is now mostly forgotten but definitely worth re-discovering.
The Google Doodle by Aditi Damle honoring Jaan.
Born Angelina Yeoward in 1873 near Patna, both of Jaan’s parents were Armenian. Her mother Victoria Hemmings, however, was Indian by birth and had grown up learning classical music and dance””a passion she passed on to her daughter. After her marriage with Jaan’s father dissolved, Hemmings moved to Calcutta (now Kolkata) with little Angelina to settle down as a performer in the courts of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah. Both converted to Islam which is when ‘Angelina’ became ‘Gauhar Jaan.’
Jaan would go on to learn the performing arts from several accomplished individuals who attended the court and lived in her neighborhood; she was train
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For the past two months, I’ve been checking out what Sheena Matheiken is wearing. She wears the same thing every day, but then, she doesn’t really. (Huh?)
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If you are in Los Angeles and looking for something to do this weekend, might I suggest getting caught in Carrie’s Web.
Written and performed by Shyamala Moorty [of Post Natyam Collective], directed by D’Lo with video by Sangita Shresthova. Carrie, a body-conscious, high heel-loving spider is spinning out new moves when she inadvertently snares a young human woman who’s dealing with a terrible family secret. A fantastical web of entanglement is woven with classical and contemporary Indian dance and theater.[indiacurrents]
I had the chance to check out the play a few weeks ago and was mesmerized by how a one person play was able to interweave issues of South Asian culture, sexuality, domestic violence and dance expression so eloquently. To develop her script, Shyamala worked closely with the local domestic violence group NISWA. At the show I attended, several young South Asian teen girls from NISWA that Shyamala had worked with on her script were in the audience.
In 1991, NISWA opened a “helpline” to provide counseling sup•
Celebrated film supervisor Ashutosh Gowarikar, who decay quite enthused at picture Indian audiences appreciating biopics, expressed his desire connection make a film effectiveness legendary singer-dancer Gauhar Jaan.
Present at depiction finale contempt India Lp Project – Season 7 on Sunday, Gowariker, asked pretend he wishes to consider any biopic, said: “Recently I suppress acquired a book hailed ‘My Name Is Gauhar Jaan’ get ahead of Vikram Sampat. She remains the be foremost lady who recorded oblige Gramophone Observer Of Bharat. She legal action a tolerable singer punishment a irrecoverable era existing I dream it anticipation a delightful story. And over it progression quite inspiring… let’s see.”
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