This project attempts to analyse four folk art forms of Maharashtra - Kirtana, Bharud, Lavani and Povada, using two ascribed identities of society members - Gender and Caste. Traditionally some of these folk arts, Kirtana and Povada, were dominated by male performers, while Lavani was performed by women along with their female singers and male musicians. This project is a conscious, systematic effort to unearth the existent but subtle inequalities in the multiple folk expressions to comprehend the impact in its totality. This study aims to appraise the folk art forms in Maharashtra to describe gender and caste hegemonies.
I started working as a Programme Officer at the Sophia Centre for Women's Studies and Development, Sophia College, Mumbai. My job profile is to create and run add-on courses for degree college students. The centre is also active in conducting impactful outreach courses for marginalised people in various parts of Mumbai and Maharashtra. We publish yearly inter-disciplinary journal Urdhva Mula. We have a library and also do documentation focusing on the issues related to women and girls. Actively involved in conducting seminars, workshops and training. I am working as a Coordinator of the centre since June 2018.