What started as a protest against gender bias at the workplace in 1908, where women gathered in thousands in New York City, has now grown into an annual celebration to commemorate women’s achievements across all fields. And when the spotlight comes to the Indian Music industry, till date women have to fight battles every day. As Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “Well-behaved women rarely make history”, we bring a compilation featuring courageous women from the Indian Music industry who swam against the current and etched their names on the wall of fame in an era when females rocking on stage was frowned upon.
1. Asha Puthli
Asha Puthli’s career is an extraordinary tale that spans 5 decades & multiple countries during which she released music under different genres such as blues, pop, rock, soul, funk, disco, techno. Born in 1945, Puthli was raised in the suburbs of Bombay & since her adolescent age she used to listen to Pop and Jazz music. Her perseverance took…
