Gangubai once told film-maker Vijaya Mulay, in the initial years of television: “If a male musician is a Muslim, he becomes an Ustad. If he is a Hindu, he becomes a Pandit. But women like Kesarbai and Mogubai just remain Bais.”
Ustad: master/teacher, Pandit: scholar/teacher, Bai: sister.
Well Said 🙂
Thanks, Apun Ka Desh!
I’m an artist,and a begum.
khushamdeed!
Yes, Screen Sifar, it’s a ‘welcome’ change, Bai to Begum. 🙂 Khush amdeed indeed!