Classical music managed to escape the court boundaries of the ruling Nawabs and Maharajas in India to delight mass audiences of concerts, television and radio. But in Nepal, both classical
Does music lose its identity when traditional instruments are replaced by modern ones? Or are musical ideas more important?
While music lovers and musicians may find no difficulty in recognising
During the four decades of international assistance and development programmes in the Himalaya and adjacent mountain regions, amidst failures all around, some projects have received high praise. With this look
Giving Darjeeling back to Sikkim would restore the historical unity of this region. Old Sikkim was the land of the Bhutias and Lepchas; the future Sukhim would be a Nepali-dominated state of the Indian Union, which would respond to the frustrations of the Nepalis of India and defuse today's tensions
Ladakhi folk music may have its roots in West Central Asia but was later influenced by South Asian traditions. Today it is still embellishing old music with new ideas.
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A proponent and scholar of traditional music takes pride in Nepal's rich Traditions and laments its decline.
I, Ramsharan Darnal, am a member of the Damai caste, whose
Cultural erosion, the dying traditional arts and the adulteration of music by outside influences are often regarded as the inevitable maladies of a modern Nepal. But is change always negative
Krishna Narayan Shrestha is one of the finest living musicians in the Nepali Hindustani classical music tradition. Since in his early twenties, the 67-year-old maestro has won prizes
In their quest to be regarded as factual or even definitive, guide books often read as flat as roadmaps; they get you to and around the destination, but provide no
While this book will prove 'a welcome addition to some libraries because of the volume of information it contains, editors Verghese and Iyer deliver much less than what they
The lastest foray of Christian missionaries into South Asia began with the arrival of Vasco de Gama on the Indian coast some 500 years ago. As the Catholic missionaries worked
