| Polly’s diary inspires daughter to make music |
28th Sep 2013
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Jasleen Kaur and Polly | Photo: Vinay Kumar
n the high-tech world where there is no shortage of websites where songs can be downloaded for free, coming up with an independent album is commendable. Despite the challenges, Chandigarh based mother-daughter duo have come up with their debut album 'Polly's Diary' and are hoping for a good response.
The name 'Polly's Diary' is catchy and the story behind it is out of the ordinary. Singer and composer Jasleen Aulakh tells Guardian20, "Polly is my mother's name and all the songs in this album, except Chidiya, are from her secret diary that I discovered a couple of years back".
As a child, Polly Saghera, who retired as an English lecturer from Government College for Girls, yearned to be a radio singer. Though her dreams never took shape, she remained close to music and expressed her feelings and various experiences in the form of couplets and poems in a secret diary. She had kept the diary concealed for more than a decade until it was discovered by her daughter.
Polly adds, "When Jasleen found the diary she liked the prose and told me with sheer confidence that these can be used as lyrics. I am happy with the way she has complied this beautiful album. She worked over them religiously and today, Polly's (secret) Diary is out for music lovers."
The album comprises eight songs in English, Hindi and Punjabi language where Dreamer, Tujh Se Door and Chidiya are being introduced whereas rest of the songs including Supna, Paisa Paisa, Jo Beet Gayi So Baat Gayi, Soye Nahi and Shadow have been released online.
Jasleen is not at all scared of piracy as she knows there is no way to curb it. However, during a show at Nagpur around 15 albums were sold, "It's strange that people spend more than 1000 rupees willingly on alcohol but they are not ready to spend even Rs150 for original music."
Jasleen has been performing in various parts of the country with her band, Just Ittefaq and her multilingual album is being marketed under the same banner that comprises other members of the band Gaurish Sood and Rohit Joshi.
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