Rahul Giri, Producer / DJ 1/2 @sulkstation
BLR/KTM
Joined July 2021
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Nepal's $20m climate claim made waves. 3 weeks later, the country has “only received messages of solidarity”, @rajupchhetri tells me.
@Josh_Gabbatiss and I examined 176 claims to the UN's loss-and-damage fund – with $0 paid – and why Nepal is a "test" for whether it can deliver.
NEW – Analysis: Nepal’s $20m ‘loss-and-damage’ claim only covers 0.7% of flood costs | @aruna_sekhar @Josh_Gabbatiss
Read here: carbonbrief.org/analysis-nep…
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Additional names that have been announced for @TheMagFields include @dashrhl, Goa-based duo Time Equals Zero, @glass_beams and more. mixmag.asia/read/magnetic-fi…
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British Library Sound Archive – Music from Nepal. Today (Wednesday) 22 March from 12 to 1 pm, live on nts.live
Selection and mix by Rahul Giri, Resonations artist-in-residence during 2022. Supported by the British Council.
@NTSlive @soundarchive @dashrhl
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Tune into @NTSlive tomorrow or listen back to Resonations artist-in-residence @dashrhl, weaving a sonic impression of Nepal through its contemporary and traditional music.
#ResonationsResidency
@britishlibrary @soundarchive
Supported by @BritishArts
📅 Wednesday 22 March⏰12pm
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Come join us as @dashrhl presents his research on the Music of the Gandharva Community of Nepal, and the resulting body of audio-visual work that he is currently working on.
Click on the link to RSVP - forms.gle/fCmurRKxaKtSk3Rd9
#research #artists #musicians @inBritish #community
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The cynic within us kind of knows what is going to happen in the aftermath of this tragedy. Because this is not the first time.
#nepal #planecrash #YetiAirlines
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'I have been reimagining and re-contextualizing these recordings - extracting and exploring elements of noise, drone and dissonance to soundtrack aspects of Nepali migrant workers journey.'
@dashrhl on his digital residency with us and @soundarchive @britishlibrary.
#Resonations
ALT A black and white photograph of a man sat down wearing a light coloured turban and dark clothing. He is playing a traditional strings instrument, behind him are trees.
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This week's 'Recording of the Week' comes from Chandan Mahal, Learning Projects Manager for the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage project: ‘Acts of protest: Women and the Indian independence movement’. blogs.bl.uk/sound-and-vision…
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“Portugal is the khaadi (Gulf) equivalent of Europe." | Nepalis chasing the European dream through irregular migration recordnepal.com/chasing-the-… @bbhrikuti
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“We now live in a country where a household earning more than Rs. 75 per day is considered above the poverty line, while an upper caste household earning Rs. 2,222 a day is considered economically weak.” @the_hindu
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The 'meteoric rise' in sympathy for rape-accused Lamichhane.
In this week's Cold Takes, we call out Nepali Media's Himpathy problem.
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This isn’t just abt Apurva and that one clip. It is abt the state creating fear by showing the lengths it can go to surveil and punish us for what we say/do on the internet. अस्ति Pranesh Gautam, अनि त्यसपछि vten, आज Apurva, tmrw it could be anyone of us.
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So, Meta has put one of the country’s worst people at spreading hate and misinformation on a privilege list that allows him to bypass all moderation and even get posts removed on priority without any checks.
Hey @mosseri is this how it works? thewire.in/tech/amit-malviya…
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Sri Lanka – ශ්රී ලංකාව – benefit compilation in eerie, delicate drones and ambient sounds from @Cdrk_Syrphe cdm.link/2022/09/sri-lanka-b… h/t @poemproducer #BandcampFriday
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"26 people booked for holding a mass gathering to offer namaz at a house without prior permission from authorities and allegedly against neighbour's wishes".
This is what criminalisation of an entire religion looks like.
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Indian govt had forced Twitter to put one of its agents on the payroll with access to user data, alleges ex -security chief. This is from a @washingtonpost report on whistleblower complaint on security lapses at Twitter: wapo.st/3cgSnEC
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Lock in to Dialled In’s official @applemusic playlist: Stage Presence 🎧👂🏾🍏
Soak yourself in the intimacy of live music from intriguing South Asian artists making music today!
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Over the past few years @itisha has transformed into one of Nepal’s most emotionally astute and formally inventive poets. An Archive is really an archive of contemporary life. I’m so, so impressed.
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@itisha कति राम्रो बोल्छिन् हौ, सुनिरहनु मन लाग्ने 😻😻 उहाँ कविता पनि गज्जब लेख्छिन् । So please order थुप्रै copies of her book ‘An Archive’ on Thuprai and in book stores near you :)
thuprai.com/book/archive/