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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Episoder(116)

Should students going abroad use education consultancies?

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 wondered why prospective students spend tens or even hundr...

15 Apr 202527min

Maya migrated to support her family, got shamed by her community

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 other returned female migrant workers readjust to life in Nep...

1 Apr 202522min

His children all migrated but Rajendra is happy in Nepal

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 unfold, as they say. I was talking to the father of three d...

18 Mar 202526min

No-cost, or low-cost, labour migration is not just a dream

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 realized that he was being sent to the front line of the Russia...

25 Feb 202529min

Being a migrant in Trump's US - journalist Tanka Dhakal

Being a migrant in Trump's US - journalist Tanka Dhakal

Send us Fan Mail Hi everyone. Today we're speaking with Tanka Dhakal, a journalist who’s currently doing a Master’s degree in the US. He’ll tell us about how the targeting of migrants in that country ...

11 Feb 202530min

Nepal unprepared to reintegrate female migrant workers

Nepal unprepared to reintegrate female migrant workers

Send us Fan Mail Hi everyone. I’m sorry for the delay in releasing this episode. In a minute, we’ll get to this week’s chat about how female migrant workers are treated after they return to Nepal, but...

14 Jan 202533min

On the move from Kathmandu to Kabul: 2024's top episode

On the move from Kathmandu to Kabul: 2024's top episode

Send us Fan Mail Hi everyone. Today we’re replaying our most popular episode of the year. Like every migration story, it is a unique one. Prem Awasthi moved to Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, almo...

17 Des 202428min

Pragati Nepali plans to further her design career by migrating to work in Jordan

Pragati Nepali plans to further her design career by migrating to work in Jordan

Send us Fan Mail Pragati Nepali is just 19 but already she has been married, migrated to work in neighbouring India, and then moved to Nepal’s capital Kathmandu for other opportunities. That’s where f...

4 Des 202422min

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