A-I    +     J-R    +     S-Z      =     EasternWinds

Akshay Naresh is 17 years old, a senior at Mission San Jose High School in Fremont. He has been learning Hindustani Classical flute for five years and Carnatic Classical flute for four years. He enjoy playing and experimenting with all types of music on the flute. He has also given various of fund raising and solo concerts throughout the bay area. He would like to thank his parents for sparking his interest in music.


Dilip Karki is a fun loving vocalist who enjoys singing fast energetic songs. He made his entry into the music scene with a small music band in Bombay over a decade ago. He adores songs by Kishore Kumar and Rafi from the past. His contemporary favorites are Sonu Nigam and Kumar Sanu. To him, music is a source of energy and singing is a way of opening oneself to this energy. He likes to play the keyboards and guitar, whenever he can. Dilip has been living in the Bay area since 1997 and works as a Technical Architect at Covad Communications in San Jose. He also sings with Dhoom, a Bay Area based Hindi music band.


Dwij Garg is 18 years old, and the lead/rhythm guitarist for EasternWinds. He has been playing the electric guitar for 3 years and classical guitar for 3 years as well. Dwij is a freshman studying Engineering at UC Berkeley. He also started his own charity rock band at his school called Quintessence. His other hobbies include playing tennis and songwriting. He is thankful to his family and friends for supporting all of his endeavors. He is especially thankful to his brother, Trit, a fellow musician forever.