1/11/2024 0 Comments Raju lama voice of nepalRai (in white) sitting next to his teacher in the Pathri camp. Life in these camps was difficult, Rai says. In 1996, just two years after Rai was born, over 100,000 Bhutanese refugees of Nepali descent were living in the camps. Initially, seven refugee camps were established for refugees fleeing Bhutan when, according to Rai, Nepal refused to extend citizenship to the refugees despite their Nepali heritage. “All I want to say is no matter where you come from, where is your background, just focus. Now, as he returns to the United States again from his win at “The Voice of Nepal” Season 4, he wants to let others know that wherever you are, your dreams can take you anywhere, even back home on the other side of the world. When Karan Rai left the refugee camp, he came to the United States for the chance to live a better life - a life with a country to claim. “And then most of the Bhutanese people, they came in Nepal, and then the Nepal government, they don’t accept us as Nepali. “The Nepalese people who live in Bhutan, they fought for the freedom of speech because the King of Bhutan…They don’t allow Nepali languages over there,” Rai said. When the conflicts over language and homeland arose, his parents fled Bhutan to the camps. His parents were born in Bhutan, where the speaking or teaching of the Nepali language was under attack. Rai’s family are descendants of Nepalis who went to Bhutan for work. Rai was born in 1994, in the Pathri Morang refugee camp in Eastern Nepal, one of two remaining refugee camps for Bhutanese of Nepali descent who fled ethnic cleansing in Bhutan in the 1980s. It was the story of how a hero is made - a classic humble-beginnings epic. So I volunteered.įrom the start of my conversation with Karan Rai, it was clear that winning “The Voice of Nepal” was more significant than the accolades he deserved from his success. ‘I could certainly write something quick about this,’ I thought to myself. From audition to final sing-off, a lot of time and expense is invested in participating. Winning the singing competition is no small feat. A man from Louisville had won “The Voice of Nepal” Season 4 and, even still, local media had yet to report it. Great stories come from strange places sometimes - this time, from a Facebook post asking if someone, anyone, in the media could cover this story. Viewers outside of Nepal can catch the episodes released on YouTube every Friday and Saturday at 9pm IST.“The Voice of Nepal” Season 4 winner Karan Rai (center) with his coach (right). The other coaches on the show for the new season are Pramod Kharel, Deep Shrestha and Astha Raut. The Voice of Nepal is the Nepalese format of the international reality television singing competition franchise based on the original Dutch show called The Voice of Holland. ‘Sacho Maya’ her last music video was received positively by Nepali speaking audiences. Tshering’s participation in The Stage (Season 1), a musical reality tv show from India elevated the status of musicians from the hills, encouraging more young people to take it up professionally. This year we have had 3 singers from Sikkim, unfortunately only one of them could go through in the blind audition round, Geeta Sharma from Singtam.” “Of course, it is a learning and fruitful experience for me but at the back of my head, I always have a lingering thought as to how I can be of help to our music community in Sikkim. It is also an opportunity for me to bring talent from back home and provide them with this platform,” says Tshering on her experience with TVON. I am having the time of my life working with talents from all over Nepal. “It is a privilege to be able to work on such a hugely popular show. in Music & Management from the University of Leeds. in Music from Middlesex University, London and her M.A. With a vast set of skills of experiences, most famously being her admittance to the prestigious KM Music Conservatory in Chennai, making her the first Northeastern to study music in a such a revered institution established by A.R. Recommended to the The Voice of Nepal team by an acquaintance, the team was elated to have her onboard. She has been in the second season of the show since May 2019, working as a talent coordinator for the blind audition round, currently airing on Himalayan HD TV (Nepal), with the simultaneous release of the videos on YouTube. Tshering Leezum Bhutia, one of Sikkim’s most popular singers, is now adding another feather to her cap by working as the team advisor for coach Raju Lama on Nepal’s most popular reality television show, The Voice of Nepal.
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