The EP, "Om Shanti" is intended to serve as a bridge from one persecuted culture to another. Vashava's maternal ancestors, the Sabajs, originated in North India as the Roma. They set out on an epic migration spurred by three distinct and separate genocidal events occurring in India (Kshatriyas warrior class), Hungary (fall of the Ottoman Empire) and Poland (World Wars I/II). As bad as things were for Vashava's ancestors, nothing compares to the American Genocide of First Nations societies. What the white man perpetrated upon the aboriginal peoples of North America defies any written description, and so Vashava has expressed it through his music.

The first track on Vashava's new EP, "Om Shanti," is "Dohi do a Dohi." This orginal composition captures the unadulterated freedom embodied by the original peoples inhabiting North America. "Dohi do a Dohi" is a Cherokee phrase, roughly translating to "freedom" and "way of truth". "Dohi do a Dohi" was performed on a C minor, Spanish cedar bass flute.

The next track, "Wasi'chu", speaks for itself. Wasi'chu is the Souix word for a fat, selfish and greedy white man. Enough said. "Wasi'chu" was performed on an F sharp, aromatic cedar flute.

Lastly, "American Genocide" communicates the sociopathic, if not psychotic mentality of the white European colonial invaders who carried out a genocide like none other in recorded human history. The savagery and blood lust of their diseased minds permeates this composition, serving as a potent reminder that Western Civilization is anything but civilized. "American Genocide" was performed on a G major, madrone burlwood flute.

Vashava acknowedges the invaluable contributions of producer and engineer, Mark Kaeder, of Falcon Studios, Portland, Oregon. The entire "Om Shanti" EP was performed on flutes hand carfted by flute maker extraordinaire, Odell Borg, in Patagonia, Arizona.

Vashava has not appropriated First Nations cultures in the publication of his new EP, "Om Shanti." Rather, as a man whose ancestors have been persecuted for maore than 1500 years, Vashava instead honors their legacy.