Madhuri Deshmukh

Women's songs of the grind mill are among the oldest oral traditions in South Asia. They have been sung to accompany a daily household labour, making flour using a stone hand mill, for many centuries. Even today, grind mill songs are still well known in Maharashtra, testifying to the endurance of a remarkable genre. Yet these songs have long been...

Women's songs of the grind mill are among the oldest oral traditions in South Asia. They have been sung to accompany a daily household labour, making flour using a stone hand mill, for many centuries. Even today, grind mill songs are still well known in Maharashtra, testifying to the endurance of a remarkable genre. Yet these songs have long been...