The singer-songwriter wrote a song that describes many of the facets of femininity through the lens of the Hindu goddess Durga.
There were nearly 230 entries from Massachusetts to this year's NPR Tiny Desk Contest. Five panelists — Noah Schaffer, HEESU, Isa Burke, Tim Hall and Amelia Mason — were tasked with choosing a favorite. But it's hard to pick just one. So as we prepare to reveal the panel's top choice, we're highlighting a couple entries that left an impact.would often hear her peers describe a favorite song as their personal anthem.
Varsha chose the song for her Tiny Desk entry because of how it both spoke to women all over the planet as well as to her own story. “The song is important to me because it’s not just about the experience of being a woman, but specifically a South Asian woman,” a group that she points out is not often represented in the Western music industry.
In order to reveal those different manifestations of Durga, Varsha turned to a unique songwriting tool. “I went on Hindu baby naming websites,” she laughs. “Each name had a slightly different meaning depending on what aspect was highlighted. I took the meanings of those names and made them affirmations of womanhood in the lyrics.”
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