Tuesday, 3 October 2017

Obit/Tribute - Shirin Vajifdar - Dr. Sunil Kothari


Shirin Vajifdar, 92, passed away in Mumbai peacefully on September 29, 2017. 

She was a pioneer among Parsi community to take up classical dancing in early 1930s. She and her two sisters Khurshid and Roshan performed together as Vajifdar Sisters. Shirin studied Kathak under Jaipur gharana maestro Sundar Prasadji and later on studied further Kathak and other styles like Manipuri and Kathakali at Madam Menaka's Nrityalayam at Khandala, near Mumbai

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