Alka is Consultant Arts Advisor and Curator, Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre in New Delhi. A recipient of the Chevaliers dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Letters – Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters – from the French Government. Alka has authored several books on art and art history, prominent ones being Ardhnarishvara, the Androgyne – Probing the Gender Within, Masterpieces of Indian Art, Indian Erotica and From Mustard Field to Disco Lights.

Folk Music and Musical Instruments of Punjab
The book explores the rich but little-known world of Punjab folk instruments. With case studies and directories and tracing the birth, development and current status of over 70 instruments from the northern state of India, the book is must for lovers of folk traditions and those interested in world music.

Category: Non-fiction
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