Films, People's Songs Nepal, Publications - Books

Music, Sound, and Documentary Film in the Global South

Bhakta Syangtan and I wrote about the making of our film Singing A Great Dream for the book Music, Sound, and Documentary Film in the Global South, edited by Christopher Ballengee. In our chapter, "Narrating a Revolutionary Life through Song: Personal, Political, and Musical Choices in Making Singing A Great Dream" (Chapter 4) we both… Continue reading Music, Sound, and Documentary Film in the Global South

Conferences

CFP: CSAS Spring Symposium on Health and Community in South Asia

CSAS Spring Symposium: Health and Community in South AsiaApril 20–22, 2022 (Virtual) We at the Center for South Asian Studies at UH Mānoa are accepting abstracts for our Spring Symposium, which will take place virtually on April 20–22, 2022. Abstracts are now due at the extended deadline of FEBRUARY 15, 2022, and can be submitted at… Continue reading CFP: CSAS Spring Symposium on Health and Community in South Asia

Interviews, videos

Conversation with Sarangi player Shyam Nepali: Echoes in the Valley Festival 2021

Shyam Nepali is the featured artist for this year's year-long online version of Kathmandu's Echoes in the Valley Festival. As part of the "letters home" series, Nepali musicians outside of Nepal are sending "letters home" via recorded conversations, and I got to do one with him! You can view our conversation (in Nepali) about playing… Continue reading Conversation with Sarangi player Shyam Nepali: Echoes in the Valley Festival 2021

Films, People's Songs Nepal

Singing a Great Dream Online Premiere: Nov. 21, 2020, 9:00 am UTC-10 (Nepal Time)

"Songs...speak the truth of life." "गीतले जीवनको सत्य बोल्छ।" Please join us for the online Premiere of Singing A Great Dream: The Revolutionary Songs and Life of Khusiram Pakhrin--the story of people’s singer, songwriter, and Nepali Maoist cultural leader Khusiram Pakhrin’s musical journey through nearly 4 decades of political movements and revolution in Nepal, featuring… Continue reading Singing a Great Dream Online Premiere: Nov. 21, 2020, 9:00 am UTC-10 (Nepal Time)