Lucknow: When it comes to Ghazals, Thumri and Dadri, one name that flashes in everyone mind is Begum Akhtar. Last year on her birthday on 7th October, even Google paid tributes to the legendary singer by dedicating a Doodle.
Today, her last disciple and first recipient of the prestigious ‘Begum Akhtar Award’ initiated by the UP state government in 2015, Zarina Begum, is fighting for her life in the ICU ward of K K Hospital in River Bank colony locality in Lucknow. To make the case worst, her only son is a handicapped and the family has no money left […]
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