Nepal Now

We're talking with the people migrating from, to, and within this Himalayan country located between China and India. You'll hear from a wide range of Nepali men and women who have chosen to leave the country for better work or education opportunities. Their stories will help you understand what drives people — in Nepal and worldwide — to mortgage their property or borrow huge sums of money to go abroad, often leaving their loved ones behind.

Despite many predictions, migration from Nepal has not slowed in recent years, except briefly during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. About 1 million Nepalis leave every year to work at jobs outside the country. Tens of thousands go abroad to study. Far fewer return to Nepal to settle. The money ('remittances') that workers send home to their families accounts for 25% of the country's GDP, but migration impacts Nepal in many other ways. We'll be learning from migrants, experts and others about the many cultural, social, economic and political impacts of migration.

Your host is Marty Logan, a Canadian journalist who has lived in Nepal's capital Kathmandu off and on since 2005. Marty started the show in 2020 as Nepal Now.

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Thank you for supporting Nepal Now

Thank you for supporting Nepal Now

Send us Fan Mail I've really enjoyed making this podcast since 2020, but the time has come for the last episode. After I returned to Canada at the end of last year I was committed to continuing, but I...

26 Huhti 2min

Sasmit Pokharel on democracy and rape culture

Sasmit 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 Government on 26 March. When I interviewed him five years ag...

1 Huhti 33min

Nepalis speak about their journeys to and lives in Canada

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 students. They came for good education opportunities, free h...

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Bibek returned to Nepal, but he plans to return to Canada stronger

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 experience in his IT field, setting himself up as a digital nomad—som...

8 Maalis 31min

Nepal Now: One step from PR in Canada

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 taken the former student five years to get to this point, and he's had some ...

22 Helmi 28min

Year-end update from Canada, plans for 2026

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 speaking from the top of a hill, catching my breath as I look back at the ...

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Korean project prepares former migrant workers to stay in Nepal

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-called labour receiving country – one that hires some of the...

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Youth on the move

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 one week ago. Both were from Nepal's Far West — Deepak Singh Saud w...

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