India Booked | Courtesans in the Indian Imagination
b'In this eighth episode of India Booked, Ayushi Mona speaks to the stalwart\\nacademic and writer Ruth Vanita.\\xa0\\nThey chat about her journey writing about the courtesans of India (in Dancing\\nwith the Nation: Courtesans in Bombay Cinema and Memory of Light), what inspired\\nher to write about the courtesan culture, how Victorian morality changed the\\nideas of pleasure in Indian society and made the "dominant attitude" as\\nanti-pleasure, her favourite cinematic depiction of courtesans, and much much\\nmore.\\xa0\\n\\nTune in now on the channel of your choice or the link in our bio.\\xa0\\n*\\nRuth Vanita is an Indian academic, activist and author who specialises in\\nBritish and Indian literary history with a focus on gender and sexuality\\nstudies.'