Sumona Chanda performs a mujra at the Mughal Court.

It was a chance to pull out the shimmering ghararas and heavy jewelry and go royal for a day. Well, the Manhattan Mughuls and nawabs made it out to Bombay Palace’s K Lounge not by horse carriage or on the backs of elephants – probably by a more mundane car, taxi or subway! The mujrawalis or dancing courtesans, the sharab and kabab (wine and rich eats) however were all there for an evening of hedonistic pleasures.

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