Asaa from village Hajam in Jharkhand has been playing the Nagada and Dhol since he was 12 years old. He could not study much because of financial difficulties but he is sending his children to school by working as a farmer and a laborer. He says he is an artist but that does not fill his stomach. He believes that he can be an artist full time only if it helps him to earn as one cannot play an empty stomach.