Twenty-one year old, Dibesh Pokhrel, stage name Arthur Gunn, originally from Nepal has made it to top 20 in American Idol 2020.

Chasing Nepali Dream

December 1, 2018 00:20 am

A young South Asian, with dark eyebrows, bushy black hair, short but stout built, rushed to serve me. The moment he opened his mouth and spoke few words in English, I knew he was a Nepali. “Chiya lyaunush na hai” (please bring me a cup of tea) I responded in Nepali. His eyes lit up. “A dai, Nepali ho?” It was a statement in question.