“Avaas was just a village kid trying to
learn the tabla in those days,” Manjul recalled, “but he understood the struggle and he felt deeply that Nepal belonged
to all Nepalis.”
Indeed, the underlying message in the lyrics that Avaas chooses for his songs,
whether they are his own or something he picks up from his poet friends, go to
the heart of Nepal’s current dilemma but always carrying a sense of hope. Both
the words and the music uplifting. Explains Manjul: “It comes from Avaas’ own
quick-to-smile personality, his belief that we may be in darkness but soon the
sun will rise, as it must.” Nepali Times
