As a female drummer, Choonawala has not so much borne the brunt of dismissal as of gender-based fetishization. "The whole idea of a girl drumming is hyped and considered exotic," complains Choonawala. Double-base and metal drumming, styles I am currently uninterested in, have been suggested, just because they'd look cool," shrugs Tatak. "I started unconventionally, gathering my experience at Navratri functions over energetic garba beats," recalls Soni, who is in her late-30s. "I'm still learning," she says, crediting her father in sealing her faith in music, and her mother, in herself.

Source: dna January 14, 2017 01:54 UTC