Songs have always been powerful agents of social communication. Political and social revolutions create them, and despotic regimes ban them. Every country and institution needs a song to identify with. Similarly, women in rural India explore and express their identity through folk songs. An exploration into the rich repertoire of Rajasthani songs shows how the people of the desert state have a song for every season, situation, and time of the day. One of the most representative songs of Rajasthan, Kesariya Balam, celebrates valour through the famed love story of Dhola Maru. Sung collectively, these songs bring women together. Through this agency the women have built on the musical platform, they have created contemporary folk songs beyond ritual and tradition on the many movements that have taken shape around them.