Singing Across Divides: Music and Intimate Politics in Nepal by Anna Marie Stirr and the decisions we make

and the decisions we make as we travel on the train are our responsibility alone

Ram is beside himself with grief and rage

But the fall of the Empire is both the end of one era and the beginning of another

sometimes infuriating

Wiest's words are a balm for any soul on the journey of their own becoming

Singing Across Divides: Music and Intimate Politics in Nepal by Anna Marie Stirr and the decisions we makeAn ethnographic study of music, performance, migration, and circulation, Singing Across Divides examines how forms of love and intimacy are linked to changing conceptions of political solidarity and forms of belonging, through the lens of Nepali dohori song. The book describes dohori: improvised, dialogic singing, in which a witty repartee of exchanges is based on poetic couplets with a fixed rhyme scheme, often backed by instrumental music and