{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5e414889a5d5b13c4292b2ee/5e4148e3e1d1463419328c5e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"831: From a Courtesan to Mallika-e-Ghazal, Here is The Story of Begum Akhtar","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5e414889a5d5b13c4292b2ee/8d7ff5e70860519d2a30c00c54b4420d.jpg?height=200","description":"In this special podcast on Begum Akhtar, The Quint’s Fabeha Syed caught up with writer Yatinder Mishra who has compiled his research on classical singer Begum Akhtar in a book called ‘Akhtari’. He also explains that how tawaifs or courtesans played a huge part in teaching mannerisms to children of their elite neighborhood,  how the stigma of being a tawaif was washed away when she married an Oxford educated lawyer, and how a compromise in her marriage made her very sick.","author_name":"The Quint"}