Nepal, Jan. 25 -- Sambriddhi Ghimire, a 19-year-old student currently on her gap year, remembers she and her dad bonding over Narayan Gopal's famous song "Kehi mitho baat gara" whilst cooking dinner. Ghimire says she has inherited her father's love for 'adhunik geet' (modern music), as it was called back in the 1950s, and that she still finds herself listening to those songs quite frequently.

"Those evenings with my dad had a special charm to them. He would smile as he hummed the song," she says adding that she loves 'adhunik geet' because it reminds her of her childhood when her father or brother would tuck her in while playing melodious songs on the cassette. It is also, Ghimire adds, good music that touches her soul.

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