Navneet Aditya Waiba


Navneet Aditya Waiba is an Indian Nepali-language folk singer and the daughter of the late Hira Devi Waiba, a pioneer of Nepali folk music. Navneet is the only artist in the Nepali folk music genre who sings original and traditional Nepali folk songs without adulteration or modernisation.

Early life

Navneet Aditya Waiba was born to Hira Devi Waiba and her husband Ratan Lal Aditya, and was raised in the hill town of Kurseong in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India. Waiba grew up in a musical environment owing to her mother and grandfather Sri Singh Man Waiba who also happened to be her mother's musical mentor/coach.

Education and previous career

Navneet obtained her Master of English degree from North Bengal University, West Bengal, India. She worked as a senior flight purser with Cathay Pacific Airlines, Hong Kong.

Musical career

Team

Satya Waiba, her brother produces and manages the music whilst the Kutumba band from Kathmandu give music to the songs.

Musical journey

After the death of her mother Hira Devi Waiba in 2011, Navneet Aditya Waiba started singing to keep the family's musical legacy alive. Her brother Satya Aditya Waiba and Navneet work as a team to revive, protect and popularise traditional Nepali Folk Music. Waiba mostly sings about women's issues and difficulties in the Nepali society.
The brother and sister duo re-arranged and re-recorded Hira Devi Waiba's songs and in 2015 they handpicked Hira Devi Waiba's most iconic and popular songs. They named the album 'Ama Lai Shraddhanjali - Tribute to Mother' and released it on 3 November 2017 at the historic venue, Patan Museum in Kathmandu, Nepal.
"I would like to inspire the younger generation to go back to the roots we belong to. I feel that the songs will bring back those memories." -Navneet Aditya Waiba

Discography

Singles

Bari Lai
Dhiki Kuti