10 classic Nepali songs from the golden era of pop music
Nepal’s pop music scene has always been vibrant. However, with the advent of technology and home studios, the scene has grown even more in recent years with singer/songwriters releasing songs quite often. The foundation, however, was laid in the late 1990s and early 2000s when pop music thrived in the country. People would be playing songs by singers like Sugam Pokharel, Anil Singh, Nabin K Bhattarai and Raju Lama on repeat. They would go to cassette stores to fill up the tape with songs by these artists who took pop music to new heights in the country. This week, we have curated a collection of 10 nostalgic Nepali songs from the golden age of pop music. Hongkong Pokhara Kandara Band’s Hongkong Pokhara is one of the most popular songs of the 90s. The melancholic song tells the story of a lover who works in a foreign land and misses his beloved in Nepal. In the song, the singer, Bibek Shrestha, says that his love for the girl would not fade away despite them being thousand...