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नेपाली पत्रकारहरू कृपया पहिले यहि हेर्नुहोला

मैले लोक संस्कृति पत्रिकालाई दिएको अन्तरवार्ता १) तपाँईले नेपाली भाषा कसरी सिक्नु भयो? सान २००० (२०५७) मा, अमेरिकन विद्यार्थीहरू नेपालमा पढ्ने कार्यक्रममा आएँ। त्यस कार्यक्रममा हामीलाई दिनको ४ घन्ता नेपाली सिकायो, साथमा नेपालको अन्य विषयहरू। अनि अन्तिममा एक महिनाको अनुसन्धान गर्नु पर्यो, र मैले शास्त्रिया संगीतको बारेमा अनुसन्धान गरेँ। यो ४ महिनाको बसाईमा मैले धेरै… Continue reading नेपाली पत्रकारहरू कृपया पहिले यहि हेर्नुहोला

Interviews

Podcast: Conversation with Sangeet Srota on “The Thousand Thoughts”

I joined journalist and songwriter Sangeet Srota on his podcast "The Thousand Thoughts" the other day. We talked about my path to learning Nepali and Nepali songs, and the things I have learned about folk and people's music. The full interview can be found on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=2vY7ru9UJ9dDBoP1&fbclid=IwY2xjawSYeTRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFmZThKWk96OGdQMVBjZDBBc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHgRx5GNZZAa85gwr0bbJ-UGRfFe4UpQbSRZePOQvJnBqH_nbLKryvrBfo3cS_aem_X9EJ2FunMS9KatdTz952HQ&v=5oi5Vgpc-ts&feature=youtu.be

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Registration Open for 4th ICTMD MAAGSA Symposium, Mountains in Sound and Motion, July 28, 2026, Kathmandu

Registration is open for the 4th Symposium of the ICTMD Study Group on Music and Allied Arts of Greater. South Asia, to be held in Kathmandu, Nepal on July 28, 2026, in conjunction with the Annual Conference on Nepal and the Himalayas. Please see the Symposium website for more information (https://maagsanepal2026.org), including Accepted Papers and Abstracts for… Continue reading Registration Open for 4th ICTMD MAAGSA Symposium, Mountains in Sound and Motion, July 28, 2026, Kathmandu

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