She was one of the first women qawwali-singer (qawwal) of India, a form of Sufi devotional music traditionally a reserve of male singers.
Later filmi qawwali in Bollywood started depicting the battle of sexes, wherein male and female qawwal competed against each other.
[2] Born in a Hindu family, she was a sought after singer in Sufi circles, and performed at commercial as well as private venues and shrines.
[5] At the peak of her career in the 1970s and 1980s, he was a leading qawwal in states of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and large cities.
She won many qawwali competitions against male qawwals, including Ustad Chhote Ussaf, Nazir Bharati, Afzal Iqbal, and Imam Khan.