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ARTIST ON THE RISE: BHIM GURUNG

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Bhim Gurung By: Kesang Tamang Today where we can find many talented persons not only in the field of studies and sports, performing arts have also become a major area where one can build their career. As we can see today many youths are inclined towards western instruments like guitar, drum set, keyboard etc. and few have excelled so far. We can hardly see any youths from our state keen and interested in musical instruments like flute, tabala, sitar etc. which is a major backbone of the Indian classical music as well as Nepali music.  Today we have come across one exceptionally talented musician who is an outstanding flute player. Where one tries to rock the crowds by their guitar, throwing in some riffs, Bhim Gurung mesmerizes the crowd with his pipe and also can be said to be one of the Pied Piper in Sikkim. Bhim Gurung hailing from a remote village in West Sikkim, called Labdang after his high schoo