Episode Details

In this week’s episode, Amrit interviews Jasleen Aulakh, a multifaceted professional singer. She is the lead singer and director of a project that breaks free from all confinement of language and genre to create soul stirring music, and draws attention to all aspects and fabrics of life both happy and challenging ones.

Jasleen and Amrit dive deep into Jasleen’s journey from having a master’s degree to becoming a revolutionary through the art of her music and they refresh the importance of connecting to something that can inspire and create a positive shift in others.

They talk about when Jasleen realized music was going to be a big part of her life, the creative journey with her mother stepping into music, what and who inspired her music and all the challenges she has faced along the way.

Furthermore, they cave into some of the most romantic and revolutionary songs, and the story behind them: “Ranjha”, “Aunty” and “Munda Lambaraan Da”. All of her music has distinctive energy and speaks to God in a very beautiful way. They converse about what her connection to God means and how it inspires her music, and how her own music has helped her grow. 

In this chapter you will learn how to make a profession out of something you love, how to connect to something that can inspire and create a positive shift in others, how to engender a positive belief in yourself, how to take courage and stand for what is right and how to communicate with people who want to deter your objective. 

Finally discover how music can help you vent your frustrations, how to do what you love despite challenges along the way and the importance of having somebody believing in you when you can’t believe in yourself.

About Jasleen Aulakh:

Jasleen Aulakh is a multifaceted professional singer who is also part of a project that breaks free from all confinement of language and genre to create soul stirring music. 

This band is a coming together of two young and highly talented artists, Polly Saghera as the lyricist, and her daughter Jasleen Aulakh, the lead singer and director. 

From slow rock, contemporary Sufi, country and folk music in several languages like Hindi, Punjabi, English and French, Jasleen sings with a mellifluous unique voice and leaves an indelible mark on the listener's mind. Her ambition is to fuse different styles of music into one.

Polly’s lyrics are hauntingly beautiful and draw attention to all aspects of the fabric of life; it’s joys as well as it’s challenges. 

Both mother and daughter share the same goals to make meaningful music without sermonizing and to popularize folk music in India taking some of the great Sufi poets' philosophy. 

Having mainly been a 'One Woman Band' to begin with, Jasleen also performs with a band of talented musicians, and all their music is arranged and produced by Aman Nath in Mumbai. 

The songs are in several languages like Hindi, Punjabi, English and French. On youtube they have gained a lot of popularity, received veneration from all over the world and are all available on iTunes, Amazon, and Spotify.

“Believe in yourself and keep going, that is the only way to make life beautiful and worth living”

Tune In: 

Welcome Jasleen Aulakh to the Inspired Evolution!: (00:00)

When Jasleen realized music was going to be a big part of her life: (02:32)

Ever since she was born Jasleen has loved music. Dive in and discover her mother’s inspiring words to help her have the courage to do what she loves no matter what.

“As I grew up I realized that people don't want to take something conventional seriously”

Jasleen’s relation with God and how does it inspire her music: (05:07)

Jasleen believes there is a higher power out there and that God coul