Manjari Chaturvedi

Once Hyderabad's famed courtesan and patron of the arts, Mah Laqa Bai has been forgotten by history

Mah Laqa Bai wielded the sort of power that was unimaginable for a courtesan of her times — she was an advisor at the Nizam's court, the holder of a jagir and the first woman to compile a full diwan of Urdu poetry

MTV India Music Summit 2018: Shankar Mahadevan, Manjari Chaturvedi take to the stage

The MTV India Music Summit hosted several dialogues during the event with the keynote being a conversation between Shankar Mahadevan and Prasoon Joshi