Komal oli
Komal Oli is a popular Media Personality and Singer. This is a auto-biography from her. I was born to Lalit and Deepa on April 16 in Tikari, Dang. I have three other siblings, me being the eldest. I spent my entire childhood at my hometown — Dang. I was very michevious when I was a kid.
I still remember the days when my father used to cook delicacies at home and used to announce that he would give it to the ones who could sing. Whenever he used to come up with this contest, I would always come first. Then, my brothers and my sister used to get jealous of me.
I was no different in my school when it came to breaking the rules. Since I was the captain there what I used to do was, I never used to allow other than my friends to go to the toilet. Because of my curls, I was given the nickname ‘Kuthurkey’. I was not that fair and because of it I was also called ‘Kali’. Once it so happened that one of my friends along with a couple of others with whom I had an argument pushed me and I landed up in a dump. Because of this incident, I was not able to go to school for a week. As soon as a I was able to stand up on my legs, I formed a gang and waited for my rivals who were on their way to school.
As soon as they came towards us, we beat them up! Then after, the entire village had to come to make peace betweeen the two gangs. I received my basic education at one of the local schools of Dang called Mahendra Madhyamik Vidhyalaya. I completed my School Leaving Certificate (SLC) from that institution itself.
Later I joined, Mahendra Bahumukhi Campus from where I finished my plus two. Now, I am doing my Bachelors at TribhuvanUniversity with majors in Politics. It has already been two years and I am still not able to get through my back papers.
Pashupati Sharma
Pashupati Sharma is not an unknown name for people who are familiar with contemporary Nepali folk music, for he has provided dohori lovers—living in and out of the country—with some of the most fun tunes to dance to and contemplate on. Born in Syangja, Sharma has been singing dohori ever since he can remember—the genre being the most loved art form of the place.
In 2002, Sharma’s parents sent him to Kathmandu to become an engineer, but he secretly started performing duets in a bar called Saptakoshi Dohori Sanjh located in Chabahil instead. Later, he started taking part in live dohori competitions, in which he often landed in the top positions. “My family didn’t support my career choice, as they wanted me to become an engineer.
I had to become an artist in secrecy,” says the singer. Sharma’s debut album, Syangja Mathi Ban, was released in 2003. Since then he has released 17 more albums—seven of them comprise of Teej songs, five have Roila songs in them and five others are collections of folk duets—and has sang about 200 songs in total, penned and composed solely by himself. “I get a lot of offers to sing other’s songs, but I decline as writing my own songs gives me the freedom to experiment and vary.
However, I recently recorded a song titled Lekai Janey Lekali Danphe for a Nepali feature film Bracelet, which is yet to be released. The song is composed by Dipak Sharma, and I had to sing it due to peer pressure,” says Sharma.