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. You might have guessed from the headline for this episode th...
26 Aug 20252min
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 the border into Nepal. Others overseas were laid off and co...
6 Aug 202556min
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 movement to countries like the US, UK and Australia. Today th...
22 Jul 202532min
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 and return to Nepal of about 160 religious icons — statues, ...
8 Jul 202541min
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. When I interviewed him last year the 26-year-old told me ab...
18 Jun 202526min
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’ experience running a media outlet that not only innovated in its co...
27 Mai 202529min
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 if I added that the study is based in Chitwan, and co-led by...
14 Mai 202532min
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 couple years was planning to go overseas, or knows someone who's do...
29 Apr 202524min
