For nearly six decades, Leela Somani has learnt, recorded and preserved Rajasthani folk songs. A new book tells her story. In Marwari, 78-year-old Leela Somani’s mother tongue, there is an old saying: ...

In the 1930s and ’40s, many members of the migrant Marwari community became actively involved with the freedom movement. The community went through a process of embracing a “national” identity, for ...

JAIPUR: In order to promote the Rajasthani language, organisers at Suratgarh town of Sriganganagar district of Rajasthan used Ramleela as the medium. Artistes performing at the event were given the ...

A mystical Kashmiri woman is taken as a bride in Pushpendra Singh’s 'The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs' ('Laila aur satt geet'), a stirring adaptation of an Indian folk tale. By Deborah Young A ...