How Folksoul brings marginalised women artistes together

Spotlights travel connected astatine the Bangalore International Centre successful Bengaluru. Seven artistes, from The Nyoli Ensemble are each acceptable to contiguous Folksoul’s task ‘Sound of Women’. Folk artistes Hemanti Devi, Khasti Devi, Pushpa Devi-Taiji and Chandrashekhar Tamta instrumentality the signifier on with Shalini Mohan (bass), Charu Hariharan (percussion and vocals) and Krantinaari aka Ashwini Hiremath (rapper and the task curator).

The people voices carried a raw, earthy timbre — untrained yet almighty and echoed the regular rigours of their lives. In contrast, hip‑hop surged with modern beats and crisp rap verses. Together, the performers formed a chorus of identities. The evening unfolded similar a seamless speech among the artistes and genres.