More than a Dalit singer

An 18-year-old singer from Punjab, Ginni Mahi, is striving to fight against the caste system through her songs.

"As a human being, I believe in doing the right thing and that is what I did when I chose to sing about Babasaheb Ambedkar’s message. It is the media and people who have started calling me a Dalit singer. They pushed this identity in the forefront. I never went around claiming a Dalit identity, this identity claimed me. I don’t believe in the caste system but if the action of actively claiming this identity can help a lot of people and give a voice to their problems, I will do it," says Gurkanwal Bharti, who is popularly known as Ginni Mahi.