On this episode of Maed in India, Mae is joined in the studio by Mumbai’s very own Aaliyah Qureishi, a pop, rock and soul singer-songwriter who goes by the name of Jhalli. They chat about how she goes all-out defying gender roles to embrace her jhalli-ness, how one of the first songs she ever wrote was inspired by a dead frog, and making her Dadi’s catchphrase “Why should I?” the name of her debut EP, from which she performs 3 songs for you!

Song List:

Dream Girl (00:46 - 03:59)

let me be ur girl (14:08 - 16:32)

insecurity (30:40 - 34:22)

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Facebook @Jhalli.Music

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CREDITS:

Host: Mae

Twitter: @maebemaebe

Instagram: @maemariyam

Audio Editor Post: Kartik Kulkarni

Producer: Shaun Fanthome and Husein Haveliwala

Video Post Production: Divita Oberoi

Video Editor Post: Jishnu Guha

Music Mixed by: Ashyar Balsara

Research: Tamanna Atreya

Recorded at Island City Studios