yet apparently he’s still releasing tunes to this day?
Before taking office on Friday, Shah, popularly known as Balen, released a song filled with optimism about Nepal’s future.
Can’t help but think that him being mayor of the capital is at least as relevant as being a rapper when it comes to getting elected as prime minister:
After just three years as mayor of the capital Kathmandu, Shah teamed up with the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) as its prime-ministerial candidate, scoring a decisive victory in general elections this month.
BBC really burying the lede with their title…
After leaving school he graduated with engineering degrees in Kathmandu and later in the southern Indian state of Karnataka.
In 2013, he shot to fame after winning a popular rap battle in Nepal, with sharp verses that carried the frustration of a generation that felt suppressed and abandoned.
Shah went on to release several popular songs which criticised corruption and social inequality in the Himalayan nation.
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His tenure as mayor was marked by efforts to clean up the city, preserve indigenous heritage, and a crackdown on corruption. He also started a controversial campaign to bulldoze illegal buildings – which helped ease traffic but also drew criticism from street vendors and residents in informal settlements.
Also, I find this particular paragraph somewhat hilarious:
Shah has also sparked controversy on social media. Last November, he put up an expletive-laden post on Facebook which named America, India, China and several Nepali political parties, including the RSP, which he eventually joined in January. He deleted the post shortly after.
How is the use of expletives and not the actual message of the post what the article chooses to relate? For all I know, he was posting “I fucking love America, India, China, and these political parties are the fucking best!” /s
All in all, while the news itself is pretty interesting, the article leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
He’s also a structural engineer (with at least a master’s degree; his Wikipedia article is unclear on whether he finished his PhD), but the hit piece article strangely leaves that out, too.
Title calls him
yet apparently he’s still releasing tunes to this day?
Can’t help but think that him being mayor of the capital is at least as relevant as being a rapper when it comes to getting elected as prime minister:
BBC really burying the lede with their title…
Also, I find this particular paragraph somewhat hilarious:
How is the use of expletives and not the actual message of the post what the article chooses to relate? For all I know, he was posting “I fucking love America, India, China, and these political parties are the fucking best!” /s
All in all, while the news itself is pretty interesting, the article leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
He’s also a structural engineer (with at least a master’s degree; his Wikipedia article is unclear on whether he finished his PhD), but the
hit piecearticle strangely leaves that out, too.