Nepali Musicmakers

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Nepali Musicmakers: Between the Dales of Darjeeling and the Vales of Kathmandu
Peter J. Karthak
2018, pp. xiv+210

This book is an accidental product, an incidental result … Two of my other long-form pieces appear for the first time in this book … They are, ‘Other Encounters: Darjeeling’ and ‘Other Encounters: Kathmandu.’ These twin folios mention and highlight those Nepali musicmakers – many past by now and quite a few still practicing their crafts, of two musical crucibles, one in the town of Darjeeling and the other in the capital city of Kathmandu.
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Peter J. Karthak was born in Shillong, India, and was brought up and educated initially in Peshok Tea Estate and Nor Busti, in Darjeeling. From 1956, he studied at Turnbull High School and attended St Joseph’s College, North Point, both in Darjeeling. He arrived in Kathmandu in 1966, and completed his MA in English from Tribhuvan University at Kirtipur in 1971. He taught at Patan College; the Pulchowk Central Campus; a private-sector university in Bangkok, and finally, at Kathmandu University in Kathmandu.