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20 of 116 episodesSasmit Pokharel on democracy and rape culture
Send us Fan Mail Sasmit Pokharel was sworn in as Minister of Education, Science and Technology and Minister of Youth and Sport in the Nepal...
Nepalis speak about their journeys to and lives in Canada
Send us Fan Mail The number of Nepalis migrating to Canada has zoomed upwards in recent years, many of them first arriving as international...
Bibek returned to Nepal, but he plans to return to Canada stronger
Send us Fan Mail Bibek Poudel had a very detailed plan for succeeding in Canada. He would graduate from college, then work to gain experienc...
Nepal Now: One step from PR in Canada
Send us Fan Mail Aayush Pokharel is very close to getting his 'invitation' to apply for permanent residency in Canada. It's t...
Year-end update from Canada, plans for 2026
Send us Fan Mail It's been more than to months since I posted an episode, so I thought it was about time I was in touch. I'm speak...
Korean project prepares former migrant workers to stay in Nepal
Send us Fan Mail Today you will hear the last episode that I recorded in Kathmandu. I had long wanted to talk to a representative from a so-...
Youth on the move
Send us Fan Mail In Monday's Kathmandu Post I read short bios of two of the 19 protesters killed by police in the GenZ demonstration on...
Nepal Now is actually on the move: Follow us!
Send us Fan Mail Help steer the future of Nepal Now as it moves to Canada in September 2025. Fill out the survey . It takes just 3 minutes....
Covid-19 devastated the lives of many migrant workers from Nepal
Send us Fan Mail The Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and 21 hit Nepali migrant workers hard. Thousands working in India were blocked from crossing...
Visual anthropologist turns long lens on Nepali migration to Japan
Send us Fan Mail The rise in the numbers of Nepalis migrating to Japan in recent decades has been phenomenal — and I think overshadowed by m...
Who will look after Nepal's returned gods and goddesses?
Send us Fan Mail Undoubtedly the Nepal Heritage Recovery Campaign has been a success. In less than five years it has led the identification...
Setting aside migration dreams for a musical journey
Send us Fan Mail Talking to Prakash Gurung made me realize that not all migrant workers from Nepal are leaving the country out of necessity....
Are there still reasons to be optimistic about Nepal?
Send us Fan Mail Gyanu Adhikari is co-founder of The Record, the online news portal that published from 2014 to 2024. With 10 years’ experie...
A 30-year study of Chitwan's people reveals migration trends
Send us Fan Mail If I told you about a 30-year study that has already resulted in 261 research publications, you’d be impressed right? And i...
Who is choosing to study and work in Nepal?
Send us Fan Mail I’ve said it to you listeners more than once: it seems that almost every young person I've met in Nepal in the last co...
Should students going abroad use education consultancies?
Send us Fan Mail Just like coffee shops, it seems that education consultancies are multiplying faster than rabbits in Kathmandu. I’ve always...
Maya migrated to support her family, got shamed by her community
Send us Fan Mail It’s been more than a dozen years since Maya Sherpa returned from working in Kuwait. Today she devotes herself to helping o...
His children all migrated but Rajendra is happy in Nepal
Send us Fan Mail Hi everyone. I have to admit that I had a pretty good idea of what this episode was going to be about, how it was going to...
No-cost, or low-cost, labour migration is not just a dream
Send us Fan Mail Khakendra Khatri paid 7 lakh or 700,000 Nepali rupees (about 5,000 USD) for a job in Russia, but soon after arriving he rea...