It’s always so good to see our homegrown artists do well internationally. This year, in particular, has been going pretty well. So many of our girls are killin’ it — Lhakyila’s new Amazon Prime original series ‘Big Girls Don’t Cry’ came out this month in March; while another one of our talented girls, Suchana Bohara (stage name – Hara), left for South Korea last month where she is training to be a K-Pop Idol under GBK Entertainment’s new girl group ‘MEP-C’. And now, singer-songwriter Prajina is featured in one of the songs in Badshah’s new album ‘Ek Tha Raja’ that also features some big names ..read more

It was almost like a normal Tuesday afternoon on the January 24th last year, until Prem Prasad Acharya self-immolated himself in front of the Federal Parliament building in Kathmandu. An entrepreneur from Ilam, the 36-year-old’s act of self-immolation was also a symbolic protest, which clearly showed his frustration towards how the state was failing. Acharya had posted a long post on his Facebook page before he took the step, which explained his various experiences of failing multiple times due to the circumstances that were beyond his control. Almost a year later, Uniq Poet has dropped a new ..read more

Nobody was taking Kushal Pokharel seriously when he first got into rap. Honestly, even I didn’t buy that this dude who makes comedy videos would actually make it in the scene; but well, I am glad that he has proved everyone wrong and he’s been killing it lately. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kushal Grumpy (@kushalgrumpy) With over 7.5 million streams on YouTube, Kushal’s ‘Paisa‘ has already become one of the most popular Nepali rap songs of 2023; that too in less than four months of its release. The sequel to the song, ‘Paisa 2.0‘, too was an instant hit as the song is on ..read more

In the first week on January of 2017, I had written a piece about the judges of the very first season of the Idol franchise in Nepal; as Nepal Idol was about to come around for the first time. Those three judges were Nhyoo Bajracharya, Kali Prasad Devkota and Indira Joshi. That was SEVEN years ago!! What?? Dayum, time sure flies, aye? The trio was part of the first three seasons of the singing reality television show, through 2017 to 2020. But for the fourth season, a new panel of the judges were brought, consisting of Sambhujeet Baskota, Sugam Pokharel and Subani Moktan. And well, guess who’s ..read more

‘Tis that time of the year again when everyone you know is gonna be in Pokhara ‘cos the lake city becomes even more happening around this time. With the year coming to an end, making a comeback is one of Pokhara’s favorite festivals. Yep, you got that right, Pokhara Street Festival is back for its 25th edition and as always, there are a number of acts scheduled to play the festival, including The Elements, who have just returned from their New Zealand and Australia tour. Deepak Bajracharya & Rhythm Band will be playing on December 29th. On the same evening, rapper from Pokhara, Rajan KC, w ..read more

One of the three top beauty pageants, Miss Earth, kicked off earlier last month in Vietnam where 85 delegates from around the world are competing to take home the coveted crown. One of them is Raina Majgaiya. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Raina Majgaiya (@raina_majgaiya) The 26-year-old commercial pilot was crowned Miss Nepal Earth in the Miss Nepal pageant earlier this year on May 27th. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Raina Majgaiya (@raina_majgaiya) The competition this year marks the 23rd edition of the pageant and it started with the arrivals of all ..read more

It’s time, again!! Exactly three months ago, on September 15th, Rabindra Dhant made his One Championship debut. It had taken him less than two minutes to win the fight against Russia’s Torepchi Dongak with a dominant TKO. The same evening, there was another South Asian fighter, who too didn’t just make his debut but a victorious one. Ismail Khan of Pakistan had faced South Korea’s Choo Joon Gun in that fight. Today, on December 15th, the Nepali and Pakistani champions are all set for their second fights — and it’s against each other. 25 year old Rabindra Dhant, who stands 176 cm tall, will hav ..read more

Earlier this week on Sunday, December 3rd; Sushant KC dropped the music video for his new single ‘Jhyal Bata’ on YouTube but it wasn’t up for long as it had to be taken down due to a scene that violated the Nepal Police’s code of conduct for media productions. Yeah, about that; a little less that three months back, Nepal Police had issued a directive regarding the use of Nepal Police uniforms in films, music videos, television serials, stage performances and similar media productions — making it mandatory to acquire approval. The decision had come pretty much right after ‘Jale Rumal Fatyo’ mus ..read more

Avril Lavigne was one of the biggest female pop-stars in the 2000s, most particularly in the first half of that decade with her two of the most selling albums, ‘Let Go’ — released in 2002, followed by ‘My Skin’ in 2004. No wonder the Canadian Pop-Punk queen was a popular figure in Nepal as well and it was only fair that some of our artists were also influenced by her, Shubu Thapa being one of them and it pretty much showed in her work. The singer-songwriter put out her first album (and only one so far) ‘Eka Desh Ko Kathaa’ in December of 2009. Yep, my dudes — it’s been freakin’ fourteen damn y ..read more

Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Hulu, Peacock are just few popular ones out of the dozens of OTT platforms available globally. Ever since the pandemic, such platforms and the content available on them have become the best friends for the cinephiles who enjoy a wide range of movies, shorts and series from all around the world. No wonder, these platforms have been gaining more popularity with each day. While the rest of the world (or at least most of it) also have their own home grown platforms apart from these streaming giants; Nepal, however, is yet to have the go-to favorite OTT platform wher ..read more