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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Women migrant workers from Nepal: Lift the ban and get positive

Women migrant workers from Nepal: Lift the ban and get positive

Send us Fan Mail Today we’re taking a step back from the personal stories we’ve been hearing to get some perspective on migration and Nepal. Specifically, we’re talking about women who leave the count...

28 Touko 202434min

Feedback: 'Nepal wouldn’t have progressed if migration hadn’t happened'

Feedback: 'Nepal wouldn’t have progressed if migration hadn’t happened'

Send us Fan Mail Hi everyone, this is Marty. I got a really interesting and positive email about our last interview with Soham, who first moved to the US when he was 17, a couple of decades ago, and...

22 Touko 20247min

A nomad from Nepal

A nomad from Nepal

Send us Fan Mail Today we’re speaking with Soham Dhakal, who first travelled to the US when he was 17 and has been back and forth between the two countries so many times he considers himself a nomad. ...

14 Touko 202432min

Right Now! 'Kafala' system still shackling women migrants working in Gulf countries; send us a text

Right Now! 'Kafala' system still shackling women migrants working in Gulf countries; send us a text

Send us Fan Mail Heard something you really liked, or disliked? You can now let us know by sending a text message directly from the website. In the description of each episode, at the very top left, ...

7 Touko 20244min

"I'm moving for my future": From Nepal to Canada

"I'm moving for my future": From Nepal to Canada

Send us Fan Mail Aayush Pokharel will soon be graduating from his diploma programme in Canada, and so his search for a full-time job has already started. He’ll have three years to work in the country ...

1 Touko 202433min

Right Now! A migrant couple aims for South Korea; protests over Nepalis stuck in Russia

Right Now! A migrant couple aims for South Korea; protests over Nepalis stuck in Russia

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Nepal Now: Right Now, a weekly micro-episode where we share news about the show and what's happening in migration as it affects Nepal. First, I want to give a shout out t...

23 Huhti 20244min

Giving up a career abroad to return home not always a smooth transition

Giving up a career abroad to return home not always a smooth transition

Send us Fan Mail Hi everyone. I’m Marty Logan. Thank you for clicking on this episode of Nepal Now: On the Move, where we speak with some of the huge number of people leaving – and occasionally return...

16 Huhti 202430min

Nepal Now, Right Now: New micro-episodes

Nepal Now, Right Now: New micro-episodes

Send us Fan Mail This is the first episode of our new micro-series: Nepal Now: Right Now. These pieces will fill the gap between regular full episodes of the show, which are published every two week...

9 Huhti 20245min

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