Shards of deplorable, broken childhood and puberty pierced her quintessence. Her aesthetics were dissolved forcefully in prostitution, and she was torn in prejudices. the idiosyncrasies of being a woman lamented Her each day. She was labeled a concubine defamed by the rich and decadent. But she rose to be an agency of power and prestige in the raunchy business of whoremongery. A nautch girl with lavish patronage that lived an affluent life and fought in India’s freedom struggle anonymously. Awadh’s glorified tawaif.. she was Husnabai of Faizabad.