This rockstar wears ghagra-choli, nath and maang tika to set the stage on fire. Touted as the folk queen of India, Malini Awasthi closed the debut edition of the Jaigarh Heritage Festival with a bang.

Music aficionados call Malini Awasthi India’s folk queen. A ganda bandhan disciple of thumri maestro Girija Devi, Awasthi is a trained vocalist in Hindustani classical forms such as dadra ...

Folk songs that have been buried for years are now making a comeback just like old traditions, says renowned singer Malini Awasthi, who has worked for years on documenting and popularising the genre ...