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... courtesans did not care how they got their custom . I was stuck - up and was frequently left high and dry . They would ask any Tom , Dick or Harry for a present as was customary in our profession . I was diffident and did not like ...
... courtesans did not care how they got their custom . I was stuck - up and was frequently left high and dry . They would ask any Tom , Dick or Harry for a present as was customary in our profession . I was diffident and did not like ...
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... courtesans , there is no such thing as love . No man in his senses will fall in love with a courtesan because he knows that a courtesan can belong to no one . And one courtesan cannot afford to have affection for another courtesan ...
... courtesans , there is no such thing as love . No man in his senses will fall in love with a courtesan because he knows that a courtesan can belong to no one . And one courtesan cannot afford to have affection for another courtesan ...
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... Courtesan of Lucknow , by Mirza Mohammad Hadi Ruswa , translated with M.A. Husaini . Bombay : Orient Longman , 1961 ; also published as The Courtesan of Lucknow ( Umrao Jaan Ada ) . Delhi : Hind Pocket Books , 1970 ; East Glastonbury ...
... Courtesan of Lucknow , by Mirza Mohammad Hadi Ruswa , translated with M.A. Husaini . Bombay : Orient Longman , 1961 ; also published as The Courtesan of Lucknow ( Umrao Jaan Ada ) . Delhi : Hind Pocket Books , 1970 ; East Glastonbury ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Sex in Indian Life | 43 |
Giani Zail Singh | 61 |
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