These issues need to come out of intellectual circles or big conference halls into the open, amid the common people. We wanted to portray issues like that in our songs. Their dreams and ambitions decay and die after this. “In Uttar Pradesh, one out of five girls is subjected to child marriage.

MG Motor India and The Better India present MGChangemakers Season 2, with stories like that of Jaya, which prove that when individuals curate meaningful experiences, large scale social change can be triggered. Mere hausalon ke shankh naad bajney do bajney do bajney do…’Ī few lines from one of their songs which illustrate the daily lives of these and many more women.Īccording to Jaya, all her songs draw inspiration from everyday lives-the whistle of the pressure cooker is a wake-up call to dreams, to get ready and face the world head-on.īased out of Lucknow, this band is known for its unique approach to music, whereby their songs don’t just set fire to the stage, but also invoke meaningful discussions around social issues, especially those concerning women.įemale infanticide, child marriage, girl-child education, domestic violence, and sexual harassment are some of the social issues that have found musical interpretation in Meri Zindagi’s songs. ‘Dreaming ke pressure cooker ki seeti ko bajney do… Kajal chudi bindi jhumke payal se sajney doo.

We sing, play and do household chores all at the same time, and we love our lives!” shares the lead singer-songwriter, Jaya Tiwari, who has a PhD in music and has been a radio jockey for over five years, in a conversation with The Better India. We wake up early and finish our jamming session by 7.30 am, and move on with our jobs, housework or college. “We are a bunch of simple, middle-class women who juggle their ordinary lives with the extraordinary. United by their passion for music and the need to speak up, these rockstars are a part of Meri Zindagi, India’s first all-female mission band. This article has been sponsored by MG Motor India.įrom the pressure cooker to the alarm clock, each morning begins with a concert for this unique group of women, who find beauty in the ordinary and create magical verses that are more than just melodious.

Kasuti zindagi ki 2 20th november 2018