At 74, Prem Dhoj Pradhan can still sing up a storm!

GANGTOK: When renowned Nepal-born singer, 74-year-old, Prem Dhoj Pradhan, sang ‘Goreto Gaonko…’ , a song recorded in 1962 in a studio in Kolkata, the jam-packed Sikkim Government College Auditorium, including the Chief Minister Pawan Chamling burst out in a rapturous applause on Friday evening.
Sikkim was treated to this rare experience this evening on the concluding day of the two-day Baisakhi Parva 2068 organized by the Nepali Sahitya Parishad, Sikkim here at Sikkim Government College auditorium.
The concluding day’s celebration was dedicated as a musical nite-cum-felicitation programme for the veteran singer Mr. Pradhan, whose songs include Ghumtima na aoun hai, Hasiney rahar haru…etc., which have remained evergreen till date.

As a felicitation, Mr. Pradhan was presented a citation, a shawl and a memento by the Chief Minister.
The audience was also enthralled with performances by singers from Sikkim, P. Doma Bhutia and Ganesh Dhungel followed by renowned singers from Darjeeling, Daisy Baraily and Thupden Bhutia.
The concluding part of the entertainment saw Junu Rizal from Nepal singing Malai Sikkim man parcha…which got the entire audience dancing in the galleries. Similarly, Ram Chandra Kafley, also from Nepal, alongwith Junu treated the audience to their latest folk songs, including Jhamke Fuli…
[SUBASH RAI]