Almost every household in UP have a dholak to play while singing ... a shallow image to the language. I am very pained by this. So wanted to do something about it.” Malini Awasthi sings about ...

Folk artiste Malini Awasthi has long been a powerful voice ... stories and developing a shaili where I explained what I was singing, so the audience could journey with me into the era and essence ...

Malini Awasthi notes a revival of folk music ... My competition was with a kind of singing where women were more often seen as products. "But what I was doing was different - I was singing ...

Folk songs that have been buried for years are now making a comeback just like old traditions, says renowned singer Malini Awasthi ... and preserving Indian folk and tribal arts. Awasthi said when she ...