Abhaya Subba Weise is the force behind her band, Abhaya Subba and the Steam Injuns, which has given out hits like ‘Timro Lagi’ and ‘Siri ma Siri’. She is also one of the co-founders of Women in Concert, an annual event featuring female singers.
“We’re now looking to take Women in Concert across Nepal. Auditions have already been conducted in Pokhara and Butwal. We want local female artists to perform with us. We hope we can go to different places like Dharan and Mustang, and perhaps also India,” she says.
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Until her next new song, read about five interesting things about the friendly singer-songwriter.
Abhaya says she has a fear of dirty toilets, and this often prevents her from going out. “I need really clean toilets. When I go out, I have to wait for other people to open the toilet door for me. Or I use a tissue paper,” she explains. This fear has been with her for over 20 years now.
She’s a pescetarian
The singer never really enjoyed the taste of meat and soon gave it up. She says, “I used to take chicken every now and then. But I gave it up. So I became a vegetarian, not because I felt compassionate toward animals but because I didn’t like to eat meat. However, I do eat fish because it’s a good source of Omega-3 fatty acids.”
She doesn’t like to go out during the day
She says some people call her a vampire because she prefers going out during the evening. “I don’t like moving abut during the day. I try to avoid the sun,” she says. Only when it’s important, she ventures out during daytime, otherwise she’s at her element in the evening. “I go out and about when it’s evening. I also stay up late and wake up accordingly,” she says.
She was a tomboy during her teen years
She was quite the tomboy when she was a teenager, she recalls. Being a tomboy had it advantages, as this was what gave her the freedom to mix freely with people and start a band of her own. When she reached her thirties, she began enjoying her womanhood and finally understood what it was to be a strong woman, she says.
Abhaya has finished writing a book
The book is called ‘Grooves for Trespassers’ and she just finished writing it. She explains how she started it. “I started it two years ago, writing it in Facebook where only a few people in a closed group could view it. They were very encouraging. The book is a fictional story about a young band from Pokhara.” And no, it’s not based on or inspired by her life, she says, laughing.
