This lady, Sharada, had been sent to Russia on tour by IAACE, and was made to sing alaaps for a fashion show in St. Petersburg where a designer was exhibiting lingerie and leather boots. Fearing that she would be blacklisted if she protested or refused to comply, Sharada had no option but to sing alaaps in Jaijaiwanti and Maru Bihag as terrifyingly tall, unsmiling models dressed in knee-length leather boots and lace underwear sashayed past her, occasionally striking a leather whip against their boots.
