I always like to keep an eye out for path-breaking Nepali music videos, and Jazz Productions has been able to continually surprise viewers with their quality and execution.

The topographical variation of Nepal is so intense and true to our “char jaat, chattisvarna” allusion taught in schools that there is a peculiar mixture of feeling both foreign at home, and at home in a foreign land, in places just a day, or even hours, away from each other.

Music videos are seldom taken as serious forms of art, especially in Nepal, but every now and then there are ones that pop up that fearlessly challenge that misguided belief—in the form of music videos that you don’t just watch, but experience.

Lately, a striking number of the conversations I have had with my friends—here and abroad—have inevitably had the same underlying tone of confusion and discontent.