I made my dream to be a pop star true at a very delicate young age of 19. After two very successful years with the famous pop group Viva reality struck me after we broke up.
The pop scene in India was dead and I had to adapt to session recordings and playback singing and with it came a lot of judgements, readjustments and being side lined on many levels.
I have been called many names, been questioned for my outlandish fashion choices, been slut shamed for my body and for looking sexy and have constantly been reminded, I am an Indian girl and an Indian singer and Indian women do not dress, sing or behave like me.
It is rather difficult to word it here but I have been unjustly judged for a deep seated mindset and hypocritical patriarchal roots that are so ingrained in our society.
My dream was and is audio visual live concerts and with this performance on TV I was finally able to bring forth my strength to a larger audience.
My clothes are a very small part of my larger dream but centuries of gender bias widened that gap for me and my dreams.
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