Ankit Babu Adhikari Explained

Ankit Babu Adhikari
Native Name:अंकित बाबु अधिकारी
Birth Date:1991 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Tulsipur, Dang
Genre:Sufi, Semi-classical music, Fusion
Occupation:Singer, Composer, Songwriter, Author
Instrument:Guitar
Years Active:2014 - present

Ankit Babu Adhikari (Nepali: '''अंकित बाबु अधिकारी''') is an author, musician, singer and lyricist from Kathmandu.[1] [2] [3] He is the co-author of , a narrative non-fiction and oral history of Sherpas.[4]

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.[5] [6] His another major milestone includes his solo concert organised in tribute to Narayan Gopal.[7] 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.[8] [9] [10] 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 named him Nepal's Singing Storyteller.[11] [12] [13] [14]

Dr Govinda K.C Anthem

Ankit has released an anthem for Dr Govinda K.C. while he was in his 11th hunger-strike against Nepal's medical mafia.[15] 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.[16] [17] [18]

Journalist

He was a journalist with The Kathmandu Post and The Himalayan Times 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.[19] He is also a co-producer of the critically acclaimed documentary Looking The Un-eyed Way. Produced with Pradeep Bashyal and Kumar Paudel, 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.[20]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Master of his own style . REPUBLICA . 8 March 2017.
  2. Web site: नाकाबन्दीको समस्या बोल्ने 'नौ फुटे भूत' . kantipur.ekantipur.com . 8 March 2017 . 2017-03-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170309062822/http://kantipur.ekantipur.com/news/2016-09-05/20160905121037.html . dead .
  3. Web site: Sherpas Book published by Ankit And Pradeep . 8 March 2017.
  4. Web site: Sherpa Book review . theannapurnaexpress.com . 14 October 2022.
  5. Web site: A crazy kaleidoscope . The Kathmandu Post . 26 March 2017.
  6. Web site: Music at Gothale . The Kathmandu Post . 26 March 2017.
  7. Web site: स्वरसम्राटमा पोखिए अंकित . Kantipur Daily . 26 March 2017.
  8. Web site: अंकितले ल्याए भजनजस्तो पप (भिडियोसहित) . Kantipur Daily . 26 March 2017 . 2017-03-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170326141338/http://kantipur.ekantipur.com/news/2015-10-16/20151016093846.html . dead .
  9. Web site: भाइरल बन्दै अंकितको गीत . Saptahik . 26 March 2017 . 2017-04-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170405071911/http://saptahik.ekantipur.com/news/2015-10-16/20151016174737.html . dead .
  10. Web site: In pursuit of God . The Kathmandu Post . 8 March 2017.
  11. Web site: Nepal's Singing Storyteller . The Diplomat . 8 March 2017.
  12. Web site: कसरी गरायो 'नौ फुटे भूत'ले नाकाबन्दी ? . Nepal Magazine . 8 March 2017 . 2016-11-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161130202612/http://nepal.ekantipur.com/news/2016-09-06/20160906102340.html . dead .
  13. Web site: अंकितले ल्याए 'नौ फुटे भूत' . ratopati.com . 5 May 2023.
  14. Web site: अंकितको 'नौ फुटे भूत...' बजारमा (भिडियोसहित) . baahrakhari.com . 8 March 2017.
  15. Web site: 'Dr KC anthem' hits YouTube . The Kathmandu Post. 16 August 2017.
  16. Web site: डा. केसीमाथि अंकितबाबुको गीतः म गोविन्द बन्छु. Swasthya Khabar. 17 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170817123654/http://www.swasthyakhabar.com/news-details/5677/2017-08-15#.WZKEwSQ42_E.twitter. 17 August 2017. dead.
  17. Web site: डाक्टर केसीको पक्षमा रचनात्मक समर्थन, गोविन्द एन्थम 'म गोविन्द बन्छु' . Pahilo Post. 17 August 2017.
  18. Web site: यस्तो छ डा. गोविन्द केसीको समर्थनमा अंकितले गाएको गीत (भिडियो). Nepal Khabar. 17 August 2017. 17 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170817130121/https://nepalkhabar.com/np/news/entertainment/21211/. dead.
  19. Web site: Der singende Geschichtenerzähler von Nepal . DW.com . 8 March 2017.
  20. Web site: A story of resilience. The Kathmandu Post. 8 March 2017.

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