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Souvenir From London Situ Kharel’s third
music album is coming up with new songs of classical touch By THAKUR AMGAI Every child is angel to his/her parents.
Parents want their children to be the best, free of any flaws. However, their love does
not depend on the strengths and weaknesses of their children. The love and care of parents
is unaltered by the differences whether physical or mental. In fact, they tend to care
more on the weaker ones. However, a feeling of anguish is prevalent when the child is
cheated by fate. They have a remorseful feeling towards the almighty for leaving a stain
on their beloved.
Many of us in society have to go
through this situation. If the statistics of an NGO is to be considered, parents of one in
every twenty children are going through such trauma in Nepal. Singer Situ Kharel has expressed these
feelings through the words of renowned lyricist Kiran Kharel in the song ‘mero pyaro
chandrama.’ The song is included in her upcoming album ‘Pari’ (Angel).
Situ Kharel, who made her mark through her first Album Smarika (Souvenir), is now
bringing out her third album called ‘Pari’ (Angel). The album will be released
on July 11. In the title song, ‘mero pyaro
chandrama’, the singer has questioned the God why he left a stain on her dear little
moon, in a classical voice, flanked with sentimental music composed by Karna Das, who is
known for distinct style of music composition. The dear little moon is her
seventeen-year-old daughter who is intellectually disabled. The coming up album has eight songs written
by renowned lyricists including Kiran Kharel, Suman Kharel, Durgalal Shrestha, Karna Das
and Unnati Bohara. The title song is written by Kiran Kharel, who is also the father
of in law of the singer. The music composition is done by Karna Das, Shakti Ballav, Tika
Bhandari, Shambhujit Banskota, among others. The songs, which are recorded at Music Nepal
Studio, are being produced and distributed by Bagina Records. Most of the songs are of
classical and sentimental nature, while a few have a romantic mood based on classical
touch. The album is coming out in both CD and cassette. Audience can see some changes in the new
album as the singer has gone through a lot of evolution in a relatively short span of
time. Kharel entered the music world in 2000 with ‘Smarika’. Then a beginning
singer, Kharel had brought out the album just out of impulsion. “I brought out the
first album just out of excitement,” said Kharel. Despite this, Smarika fetched an
overwhelming popularity among the lovers of Nepali music and enjoyed sales in thousands.
By now, Nepali audience is already well acquainted with the melodious voice and the
uniqueness she has in her songs. Kharel is a student of Indian classical
music at Bharatiya Bidhya Bhawan in London, where she is settled now. She has already
performed a number of Indian and Classical shows in London, with her guru Pundit Vishwa
Prakash. The classical touch can be easily felt in her songs. As her very first album had won the hearts
of many music lovers, it can be expected that ‘Pari’ will make Situ Kharel more
known to the lovers of Nepali music and will enjoy larger sales. Her second album was
‘Simrik.’ Kharel’s devotion to Nepali music is a
symbolic expression of love and care towards the nation. A housewife, well settled in the
city of London, Kharel claims to have worked very hard going through many endurances in
bringing out this album. The singer says that she came to the music
field with an urge to do something for her intellectually disabled daughter. However, the
environment of the family she was born in and that of the family she is now in suggests
that she was seeded with the interest in the field of music during her childhood. She was
born to Kalyan Rimal and Biju Rimal both veterans of Nepali Music and now is in the family
of Kiran Kharel, another veteran lyricist of Nepali music. This musical legacy of both the
families seems to have played a major role in molding this singer. It is estimated that more than 6 million
children in Nepal are suffering from some kind of intellectual disability. The facility to
educate such children is almost non-existent with only about 500 children being enrolled
in school at present. The facilities in the public areas are not friendly to such
children. Moreover, scared of social stigma, a large number of parents do not bring their
intellectually handicapped child to the public and do not talk about it. |
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