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नेपाली पत्रकारहरू कृपया पहिले यहि हेर्नुहोला

Anna

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

Films, People's Songs Nepal, Publications - Books

Music, Sound, and Documentary Film in the Global South

Anna

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

Anna

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

Anna

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)

Anna

"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)