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PM's veiled dig at Mamata Banerjee: 'Don't have to do anything for my nephew'

PM Modi took a swipe at Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and said that he does not have to do anything for his nephews or brothers.

PM Modi, Mamata Banerjee
  • PM Modi took a swipe at Mamata Banerjee, her nephew Abhishek
  • PM Modi claimed he works for the poor, Dalit and tribals
  • He criticised Trinamool Congress for the 'teacher recruitment scam'
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British silenced ghungroos, turned cultured tawaifs into sex workers

Tawaifs were masters of performing arts, and their kothas were centres of learning for young princes and nobles. The prudish Britishers destroyed the tawaifs by branding them prostitutes and herding them into their garrisons. Bereft of their culture, tawaifs soon became mere sex workers.

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