Tramping the Dusty Roads

Tramping the Dusty Roads

My Worn & Dusty Musings

Poles apart: Gauhar Jaan & Abu Salem

A brilliant singer. A notorious gangster and terrorist. Two poles.

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Rajiv Chopra
Jan 28, 2026
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Gauhar Jaan and Taylor Swift

If you have allowed Taylor Swift to dominate your music tastes, there is a high possibility that you will not like Gauhar Jaan’s music. Nor will you appreciate Begum Akhtar’s music. Much though I want to claim that I am musically democratic, I confess that I find Gauhar Jaan’s music hard to swallow. Her music belongs – in lar…

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