Written in English
Sahitya Akademi 2023 · Winner
Requiem in Raga Janki
Requiem in Raga Janki
Neelum Saran Gour · 63 when first published
Novel · 368 pages · Historical
AI-generated summary:A singer's life in early twentieth-century North India: scarred by an attack in childhood, a girl from Benares is taken to Allahabad to train under a demanding ustad and rises from the courtesans' quarter to fame.