Community healthcare throughout Nepal, step by step
Send us Fan Mail One request before we get to today’s episode—we’ve created a short survey to get your feedback on the show. It’s just 4 questions, and according to Survey Monkey the average person t...
27 Mars 202229min
Younger generation turns to veganism in Nepal
Send us Fan Mail When I was thinking about the topic of today’s episode, veganism in Nepal, it seemed oddly out of place. It’s not that being vegan is new in Nepal—historically many Hindus and Buddhis...
28 Feb 202226min
First Nepal-made satellite, Sanosat-1, reaches orbit
Send us Fan Mail As SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Jan 13th 2022, a group of friends took up positions on a rooftop in Kathmandu, laptops open, waiting for a sig...
15 Feb 202233min
More pills, still no magic—giving birth in the hills of Nepal
Send us Fan Mail (Listen to the first part of this report.) I’d been wanting to return to Chimling Village in the hills of Sindhupalchowk district since soon after my first visit in March 2021. That’...
26 Jan 202213min
Women’s empowerment is the best medicine—Dr. Lhamo Sherpa
Send us Fan Mail Happy New Year and welcome to Nepal Now’s first episode of 2022. My name is Marty Logan. Please bear with the nostalgia that accompanies the new year: I still remember when the new mi...
12 Jan 202233min
The story behind Tales of a Modern Buhari
Send us Fan Mail I first thought about interviewing today’s guest soon after I saw her Instagram channel when, I must say, I was shocked by some of its contents. We finally spoke last week, and I was ...
16 Dec 202137min
Indigenous activism in Nepal through a Newa lens
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Nepal Now. My name is Marty Logan. Looking back on the early days of my relationship with Nepal, I see that it took me far too long to realise that this is a country of in...
30 Nov 202142min
UPDATE 2: Another disappointment for Nepal’s rape law
Send us Fan Mail Before we start, a warning: This episode discusses rape and might be disturbing for some listeners. Kriti was raped regularly by her father and grandfather from the age of nine. When ...
27 Okt 202125min
