tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645508005704631596.post8277283502022712533..comments2022-03-31T00:45:15.138-07:00Comments on Meher Baba: How Akhtar Begum Came to Baba.Mehera Arjanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00237886812665967021noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645508005704631596.post-23232452938552955232013-03-23T04:33:34.095-07:002013-03-23T04:33:34.095-07:00It was just beedies, David.
It was just beedies, David. <br />Mehera Arjanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00237886812665967021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645508005704631596.post-11571932729282200212013-03-15T06:28:16.422-07:002013-03-15T06:28:16.422-07:00Fabulous story, thanks for this.
One very small po...Fabulous story, thanks for this.<br />One very small point -- I've always heard the singer referred to as Begum Akhtar (rather than Akhtar Begum), as we likewise note it here:<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begum_Akhtar<br /><br />When Merwan Merchant recently recalled Begum Akhtar's singing for Baba (I imagine this was at Guruprasad), he gave the impression her smoking breaks were for chilum or ganja; must say I much prefer your version & recollection of a mere beedie break.<br /><br />cheers,<br />d.i.David Raphael Israelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00126018040511456588noreply@blogger.com