3) Anup says that "बजारमा सफल पनि हुन्छ भन्ने कुरा चाल पाएका छन्", but gives us no estimated figures on the size of this बजार or even its growth rate, let alone the growth rates by categories such as lok, pop, rap, bhajan and so on. In Kathmandu, my own observation was that MANY Nepali artists do NOT well in the market; but some do spectacularly well, thereby allowing the record companies to recoup their investments and hopefully make some profit. Let's not forget that for every successful Nima Rumba, there are many one-album bands/singers who lose money for the record companies. The bajaar, is anything, has become ruthless and fiercely competitive. 4) Anup wrote: "नेपाली आधुनिक सङ्गीत भन्नाले सन् १९५० को दशकदेखि रेडियो नेपालले प्रसारण गरेको सबै सङ्गीतलाई मान्न सकिन्छ, जो पर्ूववर्ती विधा जस्तै लोक, भजन इत्यादिमा आधारित थिएनन्" Well, by this definition, would a so-called Rastriya Geet like "Hati Haina Dati Ladnay Nepali ko baani hooncha" qualify as an aadhunik geet because it's neither a bhajan or a lok geet and was transmitted by Radio Nepal? I am not sure. I would characterise Nepali "aadhunik geet" more as 'period music' (or as one of my friends says "hamro paalaa ko geet) than get hung up on the precise meaning of the word 'aadhunik. As such, I would define "aadhunik geet" much more narrowly but in a user-friendly way as in those geet that were: a) played on Radio Nepal (usually on its "far.ma.yashi geet karyakram") from 1976 to 1990; b) non-'filmi' (remember, 1976 to 1990 was a period when there was no Kollywood like it is today!) c) ALWAYS being about romantic love/loss and longing for love kind of songs. And some representative artists would be: Deepak Kharel (timro tyo hasilo muhar ko), Deep Shrestha (biteka kuralay), Prakash Shrestha (pratikshya gara, meri mayalu) ), Om Bikram Bista (ma maun ta aljhi rahay ko), Arun Thapa (Ritu haruma), Sukmit Gurung (o mero priyatam) and so on. I have always felt that Sanjay Shrestha's smash-hit "maya meri maya' (circa 1992) was the most memorable BRIDGE between those aadhunik Nepali geet of Kharel, Shresthas et al from the late 70s and the '80s and the pop songs that started coming in droves in the '90s. oohi ashu