Ankit Babu Adhikari ( ne, अंकित बाबु अधिकारी) is a musician, singer and lyricist from
Kathmandu
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, known from his appearance as top-8 finalist in
Nepali Tara season 3.
Music
Ankit started his musical career by composing and performing songs for a post-modern play ''Coma; A Political Sex'' staged at Shilpee Theatre, Kathmandu in 2014. His another major milestone includes his solo concert organised in tribute to
Narayan Gopal
Narayan Gopal Gurubacharya ( ne, नारायणगोपाल गुरबाचार्य) (4 October 1939 – 5 December 1990), known professionally as Narayan Gopal and N. Gopal was a prominent popular singer and composer of Nepali mus ...
. In 2014-15 he made it to
Nepali Tara after which he gained wider audience throughout Nepal and abroad. His first original release is ''Ram Naam'', a song that questions the physical existence of God; that was critically acclaimed in Nepal. He continued his experiment in a 2016 release ''Nau Futey Bhoot'' (9 ft. ghost), a song about
Indian Blockade in Nepal, for which the Japan-based magazine
The Diplomat
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It was originally an Australian bi-monthly print magazine, founded by Minh Bui Jone ...
named him ''Nepal's Singing Storyteller''.
Dr Govinda K.C Anthem
Ankit has released an anthem for Dr
Govinda K.C.
Govinda K.C. (Nepali language, Nepali: गोविन्द के.सी.) is a Nepalis, Nepali orthopedic surgeon, orthopaedic surgeon and philanthropic activist. He is a professor of orthopedics, orthopaedics at Tribhuvan University Teachin ...
while he was in his 11th hunger-strike against Nepal's medical mafia. The song contributed to mass campaigns to his support on social media. The song ''Ma Govinda Banchu'' (''I will be Govinda'') explains what it means to be like Dr. Govinda K.C.
Journalist
He was a journalist with
The Kathmandu Post
''The Kathmandu Post'' is a major daily newspaper published in Nepal. Founded in February 1993 by Shyam Goenka, it is one of the largest English-language newspapers in the country. The newspaper is independently owned and published by Kantipu ...
and
The Himalayan Times
''The Himalayan Times'' is an English-language broadsheet newspaper published and distributed daily in Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकता ...
before switching into music. At the age of 19, he started his career as a correspondent covering crime, security, history and human rights. Before coming into music full-time, he was a copy-editor. He is also a co-producer of the critically acclaimed documentary ''Looking The Un-eyed Way''. Produced with Pradeep Bashyal and
Kumar Paudel
Kumar Paudel ( ne, कुमार पौडेल) is a conservationist based in Kathmandu, Nepal. He is the founder and director of the Greenhood Nepal. His work focuses on species conservation, wildlife trade and community-based conservation.
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, the documentary featured Deurupa Pandey, a 75-year-old blind woman from a village in the hills of Syangja district, who lived alone creating wonders about herself.
See also
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Bipul Chettri
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Indira Joshi
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Deepak Limbu
References
External links
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1991 births
Living people
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