Word: nautch
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...good measure, it was told that "Mr. A." flung a diamond necklace valued at 540,541 rupees ($200,000) to one of them, a nautch* dancer from Delhi...
...performer of the nautch, an Indian ballet-dance in which the dancers sway and vibrate their bodies without moving from the spot on which they stand. By developing certain muscles, especially those of the abdomen, they are able to produce seemingly impossible twitchings and convulsions, which are highly esteemed...
...What muscles do nautch girls especially develop...
Gautama had been married at 19 to a beautiful cousin. When she was delivered of his first-born son, his village held a great feast and a nautch dance, but late in the night when the torches were out, Guatama awoke in great agony of spirit, "like a man who is told that his house is on fire." He stepped through the vestibule where the nautch girls were lying in darkness striped like a tiger's skin with moonlight. He called for his horses and rode away...
...year-old son. The difficulties in the way of doing this are enormous. On the one hand, there is a large section of Hindu opinion to be reckoned with; and on the other, the Hindus and all India have again to be reminded that British justice takes into account nautch girls and low-caste merchants. Undoubtedly, the Maharaja must go. Rufus Daniel Isaacs (Lord Reading) was born in London a little more than 64 years ago, son of a Jewish merchant. After an education in London, Brussels, Hanover, he joined the London Stock Exchange, but quickly gave that...