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 ...

Given the vibrant art and literature scene in Nepal, we tend to forget that there is a whole Nepali-speaking world out there. At least 5 million Nepalis live beyond the country’s borders, performing ...

Global Voices has a special relationship with Nepalese culture. Many of our longtime contributors are from Nepal, allowing us to cover Nepali languages, art, literature, history, politics, and news.

Nepal’s hip-hop scene has seen many names rise and fade, but GBOB stands as a name that refuses to be forgotten.

As you near Siliguri, a few kilometres from Bagdogra, the Teesta becomes your constant companion till you reach Yuksom, a little town in western Sikkim. The river of Himalayan origin takes on ...

One thing that the United States can be proud of importing to Nepal is its hip-hop music. In the early nineties, when the tiny Himalayan kingdom had finally started to open up to the western media and ...

Heartfelt reflections, with tender tunes and impactful lyrics — that’s the kind of music Nepali singer-songwriter and musician Ankit Shrestha has come to be kno ...

Niru Tripathi has been working as a journalist for a community news paper in Australia for many years now. However, with the ...

When she was growing up in a refugee camp in Nepal, Neeru Cvakoti used to watch her sister dance while their brothers played the accompanying music live. “Tabla, flute — they had a crew,” Cvakoti ...