Archiving the echoes of the Far-West

Through Bhalābhali, researcher Dinesh Raj Upadhyay travels across Far-West Nepal, archiving women’s voices, caste-shaped traditions and songs at risk of fading away.

Dinesh Raj Upadhyay , an Ethnomusicologist from Bajhang, is driven by the aim of documenting the melodies and rhythms of Far-West Nepal. Upadhyay, a ‘camera enthusiast’ as he calls himself, is a graduate of a Master’s degree in Ethnomusicology from Kathmandu University.