The song is famous not just in Nepal: it is being translated and sung in Hindi and German, and she has young fans singing it to her in Nepali in Vietnam, Thailand and Switzerland. Sales of the album helped her complete the Arya Tara nunnery in Pharping. It was the soothing combination of her mellifluous voice, lyrics of poet Durga Lal Shrestha and music of Nhoo Bajracharya in her hit song ‘ Phulko Ankha Ma’ that launched Ani Choying’s career.
Yet, she does have a sense of fulfillment about what she has achieved, to bring spiritual wellbeing and tranquility to millions in Nepal and around the world with her songs. The past decade-and-half has been a whirlwind of singing, writing, performing, and non-stop fund-raising. Yes, even nuns seem to need such introspection. I was travelling too much outside, I now want to journey inside and retreat into myself,†Ani Choying tells us in a candid interview this week before back-to-back concert trips to Beijing and California.Ī health scare was also a warning to Ani Choying to detoxify and yearn for inner peace. €œThe earthquake woke me up: I realised I had too many possessions, too many attachments. She is a household name in Nepal, and passerby wave as she drives past at the wheel of her sleek silver SUV. She is at the pinnacle of her musical career performing all over the world to raise money for her school for nuns in Pharping, a kidney hospital and many other charities. Nearly 15 years on, Nepal’s famous Singing Nun has fulfilled most of her ambitions. Her Buddhist mantras were just starting to become popular, she was beginning to build an international reputation, and she had not yet written her memoir Singing for Freedom that has now been translated into 14 languages. When Nepali Times profiled her in 2003 the nun was not yet the superstar nun that she is today.
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