Inside buses on their daily commute Nepalis are used to listening to familiar-sounding songs that feature alternating female and male voices, responding to one another, often cheekily. Called lok ...

Nepal, July 9 -- Dr Anna Marie Stirr is an associate professor of Asian Studies at the University of Hawaii and is a member of the International Nepali Literary Society, helping Nepalis abroad ...

Among the songs GenZ protesters were chanting at the Mandala on 8 September was Amrit Gurung’s folk-rock rendition of the Panchayat-era patriotic song, But amidst waving double pennants that day in ...

It is not a regular song. Sixteen minutes long, the song ‘Pir’ composed and directed by singer Prakash Saput, is more of a melodrama showcasing the plight of Maoist cadres who supported and fought the ...

KATHMANDU – When women across Nepal’s far-western region gather in late summer to sing deuda songs and prepare grain offerings, they are keeping alive one of the region’s most distinctive ...

Pilru, a terracotta musical instrument shaped like birds, made by Indigenous Tharu and Kumhar communities from Nepal’s southern plains, traveled from a village in Western Nepal to an art store in ...

A Woodland High School educator is pursuing her passion for singing and has already recorded songs overseas. Nita Thoreson, who works as a paraeducator for WJUSD, traveled to her native country of ...

KATHMANDU: On June 29, singer Sugam Pokharel posted a status on Facebook with a stern warning. He issued an immediate demand ...