in my mission to create awareness among women. I have travelled to states like Bihar, Goa, Delhi, UP, Jharkhand, Kerala etc. "Ever since the dates for Lok Sabha polls were announced, I went around 100 different places and educated women to cast their votes in huge numbers. Even my songs highlight the issues of women and their role in the society", she said. "I have dedicated myself to the cause of women. "Birth of a girl must be celebrated", says Navgeet, who is married to a railway official of East Central Railway. Navgeet, after the birth of her two daughters, has dedicated her career in sensitising the society on gender equality and women empowerment through poetry and folk songs. Regarded as a mother by the womenfolk in her locality, Navgeet has sung over 1000 folk songs dedicated to women’s right and social issues. PATNA: Dr Nitu Kumari Navgeet, a doctorate in Hindi literature, is surrounded by hundreds of young girls and women at her home. Therefore, a girl’s life must be honoured with utmost dignity", Navgeet concludes. "A woman gives birth to future the generations. My daughters and husband help me to compose theme-based folk songs and manage all household affairs whenever I travel. "My real award is when women get encouraged to work towards their rights. In 2017, to commemorate 100 years of the Champaran Satyagraha (1917), Chandan Tiwari, an independent folk artist from Bihar, collated Gandhi Geet from. Impressed with her work, Navgeet has been invited to over 90 different organisations from India and has been acknowledged with dozens of awards. Music was central to Gandhi’s philosophy. "Chunav ke bela aail ba, bahana beti sab chal button dababe", is one of her hit folk songs this poll season.
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