Blog Writer: Ashok GuptaRita Ganguly disciple of Begum Akhtar recounts this incident: at the Maharja's Palace in Benaras after singing for the most part of the evening as Begum Akhtar was leaving she overheard a remark "Now we can listen to some real music, Badi Maina please sing for us". Begum Akhtar was fuming, was the music in which she had worked so hard, not good enough and, who was this Badi Maina ?read more