The journey to stardom is often paved with unseen hardships, and for Punjabi singer Jasmine Sandlas, the road was particularly steep. In a recent candid interview, the “Gulaabi Queen” shared the raw details of her early life in the United States, revealing that before the bright lights of the stage, her family relied on government assistance to get by.
Jasmine recalled moving from Jalandhar to the United States when she was in the 8th or 9th grade. While her father had been a successful and respected lawyer in India, the transition to the West was a humbling “reset” for the entire family.
Upon landing in New York, the family of six moved into a cramped one-bedroom apartment in a low-income housing complex. Jasmine, who didn’t speak English at the time, remembered the stark contrast between their life in Punjab and their new reality. Her father, who had once topped his law school class, took a job at a gas station to provide for his children. Her mother, previously a teacher, worked in factories and spent long days picking cherries.
The financial strain was so severe that the family depended on food stamps for survival. Jasmine shared a poignant memory of sitting with her father in the snow. When she noticed he wasn’t wearing proper shoes, he simply explained that snow boots were too expensive.
“He sacrificed his whole life for us,” she noted. “He left a well-respected job in India to give me and my siblings a better life.”
The family eventually moved to California, where things began to stabilize as her father found work as a legal interpreter. However, those formative years were defined by a constant struggle for “guidance, protection, and nourishment.”
Just as Jasmine’s music career began to skyrocket with the massive success of hits like “Yaar Na Miley,” she faced her greatest personal tragedy: the death of her father.
She described her father as the “anchor” of the family—a silent, righteous man who kept everyone grounded. His passing didn’t just cause emotional grief; it caused the entire family structure to unravel. Jasmine admitted that the loss, occurring simultaneously with her sudden fame, was impossible to process.
The singer spoke honestly about the dark period that followed. Without their anchor, the family felt “scattered,” and Jasmine turned to alcohol to cope with the overwhelming mix of stardom and sorrow.
“A lot of things piled up,” she shared. “I was famous, my family was falling apart, and my father was no more. I drank more than I should have.”
Today, more than a decade after his passing, Jasmine says the family is still trying to gather the pieces. Despite her global success, she expressed a deep longing to share her achievements with the man who sacrificed everything for her. Her story serves as a powerful reminder of the hidden sacrifices made by immigrant families and the resilience required to turn a life of struggle into one of inspiration. To know such
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