Jamali Bai the mesmerizing folk singer from Bikaner city

Got an opportunity to attend one of the first concerts at the pump house in winters of 1998.

a truly memorable concert attended by popular working class people from that corner of the Bikaner city. There were watchmen, pump operators, gatekeepers, construction workers, hawkers, tea stall owners and vagrants of no profession all gathered in the star lit night. The performance was arranged on the top of the water tank of the pumping station. They had all gathered to listen to Jamali Bai and her husband Rahman ji

The regal elan of this subaltern culture is un paralleled in the recent history of the Bikaner city.



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Credits: All credits for the video clip to Shabnam ji and her colleagues at Kabir Project.