~Tanushree Wadodkar We have all seen and loved ‘Heeramandi- The Diamond Bazaar’ by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. We have admired the actors’ beauty, the costumes, and the grand sets. But let’s talk about the actual core of the series- the tawaifs. Who were they? How did they come to be? And what happened to them? Several […]Read More
Heeramandi, translating literally to “diamond market,” is situated in Lahore near the Taxali Gate and Badshahi Mosque. There’s a debate over its naming, with some attributing it to Heera Singh Dogra, son of Dhian Singh Dogra, Prime Minister during Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s reign. It is the subject of the famous Indian writer-director Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s […]Read More