Sikkim is the only Indian state where Nepali serves as the lingua franca, while regions such as Darjeeling, Kalimpong, and Kurseong in West Bengal, along with parts of Assam, host vibrant Nepali ...

How drums, guitar, and Nepali songs come together in Sikkim’s music At the Sikkim Art and Literature festival in Yuksom, near the Kanchenjunga, musicians showed how mountain tunes seamlessly ...