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A very special Valentine's Day episode dedicated to our lovely listeners who have been with us for the last eight years! Thank you so much for being part of our laugh and guff gaff. It feels like we’ve actually become boju and bajai in podcast years. So your grannies next door are a bit tired, and desperately in need of some aaram, and will be going on a season break after this episode. We will use this time to work on new projects, hopefully, different from what you have seen/heard in the last eight years.
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This is also a perfect opportunity for you to listen to our past episodes (bojubajai.org/episodes), read our newsletter, and check out our videos on our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/bojubajai)
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Please don’t miss us much hai, cos рд╣рдо рд╣реИрдВ рд░рд╛рд╣реА рдкреНрдпрд╛рд░ рдХреЗ, рдлрд┐рд░ рдорд┐рд▓реЗрдВрдЧреЗ рдЪрд▓рддреЗ рдЪрд▓рддреЗ ;p See you after the season break.
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Related readings:
- A new global gender divide is emerging, Financial Times
https://www.ft.com/content/29fd9b5c-2f35-41bf-9d4c-994db4e12998
- Why is South Korea so conservative, a thread on X
https://twitter.com/HeejungChung/status/1752279887547601036
- Shame on you CAN! https://bojubajai.substack.com/p/take-20-shame-on-you-can
- Guff Gaff with wildlife researcher turned social entrepreneur Priya Joshi about her professional and personal journey, her complicated relationship with motherhood, and her attempt at creating a nurturing, kind online community for young Nepali mothers like her.
https://bojubajai.org/episodes/88-guff-gaff-with-priya-joshi/
- Nursing pillows are associated with more than 160 infant deaths, NBC investigation finds
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nursing-pillow-baby-deaths-breastfeeding-infant-investigation-rcna97725 -
Boju Bajai in conversation with journalist Bidhya Rai. We talk about her experience being a woman inside and outside the newsroom, her journey from Bhojpur to Kathmandu, and why her relationship with social media has deteriorated over the years. Bidhya is an award-winning journalist who has consistently reported on stories about the most marginalised communities in Nepal through an intersectional lens, from disability rights to cyber security, gender and climate change. In 2023, she won a South Asia Laadli Media Awards for gender sensitive reporting. This conversation was recorded in May 2023. Bidhya is a reporter at Kantipur.
You can follow Bidhya Rai on
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bidhya.bantawa2053/
Here’s a list of Bidhya’s stories:
‘рд▓реИрдЧрд┐рдВрдХ рд╣рд┐рдВрд╕рд╛ рд░реЛрдХреНрди рдЧрд░реНрди рд▓рдЧрд╛рдиреА рдмрдврд╛рдЙрдиреБрдкрд░реНрдЫ’, Kantipur
https://ekantipur.com/news/2023/11/27/investment-to-prevent-gender-violence-57-35.html?author=1
рдорд╣рд┐рд▓рд╛ рддрдерд╛ рдмрд╛рд▓рд┐рдХрд╛рдорд╛рдерд┐ рдЕрдирд▓рд╛рдЗрди рд╣рд┐рдВрд╕рд╛рдХреЛ рдХрд╣рд░, Kantipur, https://ekantipur.com/news/2023/11/26/the-ravages-of-online-violence-against-women-and-girls-47-32.html?author=1
рдЪреМрдереЛ рдЕрдВрдЧ : рдкрддреНрд░рдХрд╛рд░рд┐рддрд╛рдорд╛ рднрд╡рд┐рд╖реНрдп рдЫреИрди рднрдиреЗрд░ рд╕рд┐рдирд┐рдпрд░ рдкрддреНрд░рдХрд╛рд░рд▓реЗ рдирд┐рд░реБрддреНрд╕рд╛рд╣рд┐рдд рдЧрд░рд╛рдЙрдБрджрд╛ рдирдпрд╛рдБ рдкреБрд╕реНрддрд╛ рдбрд░рд╛рдП, Ukeraa, https://ukeraa.com/news/detail/143407/
Bhojpur farmers vexed by falling productivity, The Kathmandu Post
https://kathmandupost.com/money/2018/01/08/bhojpur-farmers-vexed-by-falling-productivity
рд╡рд┐рдорд╛рдирд╕реНрдерд▓рдХреЛ рд╣реЛрдбрдмрд╛рдЬреАрдорд╛ рдПрдХ рджрд╢рдХрдорд╛ рдбреЗрдв рдЕрд░реНрдм рдЦрд░реНрдЪ, Kantipur https://ekantipur.com/news/2024/01/15/one-and-a-half-billion-spent-in-a-decade-on-airport-gambling-03-16.html
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Boju Bajai in conversation with Dr. Dovan Rai, a researcher, writer, and educator. In this episode, we talk about Dovan's experiences as a woman working in STEM and education, her writings about Nepal's long history of failed political leadership, and the role and effectiveness of civil society in Nepal.
Dovan Rai is passionate about making quality education accessible and has worked at OLE Nepal where she designed educational software for public schools in Nepal. She studied engineering at Pulchowk Campus and has a PhD in Computer science from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts.
She is currently working as a visiting lecturer in the computer science department at Mount Holyoke College. She is also a development board member of the University of Nepal (UoN) and writes on socio-political issues of Nepal.
You can follow Dr. Dovan Rai on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dovan_rai
Related readings
рдиреЗрдкрд╛рд▓– рдЖрд╢рд╛ рд░ рдирд┐рд░рд╛рд╢рд╛рдХреЛ рдврд┐рдХреАрдЪреНрдпрд╛рдЙрдБ, Setopati
https://www.setopati.com/cover-story/setopati-debate/308113
рддрд░реЗ рд╕рдВрд╕рд╛рд░ рдШреБрдорд┐рдЖрдореНрд▓рд╛, рдЭрд░реЗ рдорд╛рдЫрд╛ рднрдЗрдЬрд╛рдореНрд▓рд╛, Naya Patrika https://jhannaya.nayapatrikadaily.com/news-details/1457/2021-08-07
рдмрд╣реБрд╕рд╛рдВрд╕реНрдХреГрддрд┐рдХ рд░рд╛рд╖реНрдЯреНрд░рдорд╛ рдзрд╛рд░реНрдорд┐рдХ рд╕рд╣рд┐рд╖реНрдгреБрддрд╛, Naya Patrika
https://jhannaya.nayapatrikadaily.com/news-details/1513/2021-10-02
The women who are changing the face of tech in Nepal, The Kathmandu Post https://tkpo.st/2LdKgef
Boju Bajai regularly works with reporters and researchers to bring compelling audio stories that center and amplify women’s experiences. If you would like to support our work, please consider being our patron here: www.patreon.com/bojubajai
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Boju Bajai in conversation with writer and lawyer Durga Karki. In this episode, we talk about her writing journey as a young рдмреБрджреНрдзрд┐рдЬреАрд╡рд┐ in Nepal, her grad school experience at Harvard, and her recent decision to stay off social media as much as possible.
Durga Karki is a lawyer by training, a journalist by interest, and a writer by passion. She writes both fiction and non-fiction in various national dailies and online portals on issues ranging from feminism to federalism. Her first book - a collection of short stories - 'Kumari Prashnaharu' was published in 2020. She recently graduated with a master's degree from Harvard University.
Listen to Boju Bajai Reads featuring Durga Karki, reading her short story ‘рд╕рд╛рдереЗ’ from her book “рдХреБрдорд╛рд░реА рдкреНрд░рд╢реНрдирд╣рд░реВ” https://link.chtbl.com/bbreadsftdurgakarki
Boju Bajai regularly works with reporters and researchers to bring compelling audio stories that center and amplify women’s experiences. If you would like to support our work, please consider being our patron here: www.patreon.com/bojubajai
You can follow Durga Karki on
Twitter: https://twitter.com/durgakrk
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/durga.karki.96
You can listen to our earlier episode of рд╕реЛрдЭреЛ рдХреЗрдЯреЛ, surveillance and social media featuring Durga Karki from Jan 2020
https://youtu.be/YGS8GtqSiKE?si=ZauTuY6o4NYuDiz6
Related readings
'рдпрд╕реНрддреЛ рдкрдирд┐ рджреЗрд╢?', Setopati
https://www.setopati.com/cover-story/setopati-debate/308373
рд╣рд┐рдорд╛рд▓рдорд╛ рдХреЗ рдЫ?, Setopati
https://www.setopati.com/opinion/254137
Please read and subscribe to our newsletter Cold Takes by Boju Bajai here ЁЯСЙЁЯП╝ bojubajai.substack.com/
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This is the third installment of Boju Bajai Reads where we get our favorite writers to read their writings. And this time, we are thrilled to have writer Durga Karki reading her short story ‘рд╕рд╛рдереЗ’ from her book “рдХреБрдорд╛рд░реА рдкреНрд░рд╢реНрдирд╣рд░реВ”.
We are releasing our episode ‘Guff Gaff with Durga Karki’ on December 2. So please mark your calendar hai.
Boju Bajai regularly works with reporters and researchers to bring compelling audio stories that center and amplify women’s experiences. If you would like to support our work, please consider being our patron here: www.patreon.com/bojubajai
You can follow Durga Karki on
Twitter: https://twitter.com/durgakrk
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/durga.karki.96
You can listen to our earlier episode of рд╕реЛрдЭреЛ рдХреЗрдЯреЛ, surveillance and social media featuring Durga Karki from Jan 2020
Related readings
'рдпрд╕реНрддреЛ рдкрдирд┐ рджреЗрд╢?', Setopati
https://www.setopati.com/cover-story/setopati-debate/308373
рд╣рд┐рдорд╛рд▓рдорд╛ рдХреЗ рдЫ?, Setopati
https://www.setopati.com/opinion/254137
Please read and subscribe to our newsletter Cold Takes by Boju Bajai here ЁЯСЙЁЯП╝ bojubajai.substack.com/
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In this episode, journalist Manju Telor explores the working conditions of overworked and underpaid nurses in Nepal. How does that affect the quality of care in Nepal’s hospitals, and what can the institutions within which these care professionals work do better?
Subscribe to our weekly newsletter Cold Takes by Boju Bajai for a roundup of news and feminist views from Nepal and the Nepali internet.
Read and subscribe here: https://bojubajai.substack.com/welcome
Boju Bajai regularly works with reporters and researchers to bring compelling audio stories that centre and amplify women’s experiences. If you would like to support our work, please consider being our patron here: www.patreon.com/bojubajai
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Related readings:
Boju Bajai #70 Looking Back: Women at the Covid-19 frontline: https://bojubajai.org/episodes/women-at-the-covid-19-frontline/
рейреи рд╡рд░реНрд╖рджреЗрдЦрд┐ рдердкрд┐рдПрди рдбрд╛рдХреНрдЯрд░рдХреЛ рджрд░рдмрдиреНрджреА, Manju Telor, Naya Patrika https://www.nayapatrikadaily.com/news-details/118513/2023-07-04 -
Boju Bajai in conversation with Dr. Amina Singh. In this episode, we talk about various aspects of Nepal’s education system by exploring issues like how students in Nepali classrooms are taught history and civic studies, and why there is an urgent need for Nepali classrooms to equip students with the skills to think critically, question and reason.
Amina Singh worked as a management consultant in the development sector for almost a decade conducting assessment studies, reviews, and evaluations for NGOs, INGOs, and multi/bilateral agencies. She earned her PhD from the Centre for Research in Learning and Change at the University of Technology, Sydney in 2015. Amina currently works as an independent researcher and educator, with an interest in community development, civic engagement, educational governance, and teaching learning practices in higher education. She is an adjunct faculty at Kathmandu University. She is currently engaged as a member of the University of Nepal Development Board and the Chair of the Academic Planning Committee.
This episode was recorded in May 2023.
Related readings
You can read some of Amina Singh’s published articles here https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Amina-Singh
рдкреБрд╕реНрддрдХ “рдкреИрджрд▓ рдЕрдиреБрд╕рдиреНрдзрд╛рди : рдкреНрд░рдпреЛрдЧ рд░ рд╕рдореНрднрд╛рд╡рдирд╛” рдорд╛рдерд┐ рдЕрдорд┐рдирд╛ рд╕рд┐рдВрд╣рдХреЛ рд╕рдореАрдХреНрд╖рд╛ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_4cTGPtwz0
Non-state Actors’ Collaboration in Education in Nepal: Possibilities and Challenges https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HrgnP5Yy9s
Nepal Conversations: Dr Amina Singh, Member - University of Nepal Development Board, Nepal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pm7tSQ_20c
Take 31: The Kids Are Not OK, Cold Takes by Boju Bajai https://bojubajai.substack.com/p/take-31-the-kids-are-not-ok
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Resharing this episode from 2020 where our guests Shailee and Pallavi challenge the boundaries and definitions of what it means to be a Nepali. Happy Constitution Day!
In this episode, @shaileeism and @PayalPallavi take over Boju Bajai and talk about what it means to be a Madhesi, a Nepali, and a Madhesi woman in Nepal.
Disclaimer - This episode contains two un-beeped expletives, рдзреНрдпрд╛рди рджрд┐рдПрд░ рд╕реБрдиреНрдиреБрд╕реН рд╣реЛрд▓рд╛ :)
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In this episode, we talk to wildlife researcher turned social entrepreneur Priya Joshi about her professional and personal journey, her complicated relationship with motherhood, and her attempt at creating a nurturing, kind online community for young Nepali mothers like her.
Priya Joshi started her career as a wildlife researcher and later switched gears to start MakerKT, which organizes workshops to spark a DIY culture among Nepali women and kids. She also runs the Instagram page Ama Mama to share resources on parenting, as well as stories and struggles of parenting.
You can follow Priya Joshi and her work on Instagram:
Maker Keti https://instagram.com/maker.keti?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Priya https://instagram.com/chyantulimyau?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Aama.Mama https://www.instagram.com/aama.mama/?hl=en
Subscribe to our weekly newsletter Cold Takes by Boju Bajai for a roundup of news and feminist views from Nepal and the Nepali internet.
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Boju Bajai in conversation with writer Shivani Singh Tharu. In this episode, we talk about Shivani’s journey from tv to writing and her relationship with Kathmandu and Kathmandu’s elite institutions as a Tharu woman from Nepalgunj. She also speaks candidly about the struggles of being a full-time writer in Nepal, her creative process, and dabbling across different genres of writing.
Shivani started her career in tv as the host, producer, and scriptwriter for ‘Mero Geet Mero Sandesh’ and ‘Mulyankan’ on Nepal Television. She later went on to write the critically acclaimed play ‘Virtual Reality’ and also worked as a scriptwriter/director for the radio drama ‘Katha Mitho Sarangiko’ produced by BBC Media Action.
She used to be a columnist for Wave Magazine and is a regular contributor to Kantipur Koseli and Naya Patrika. Her debut novel ‘Kathmandu ma Ek Din’ was published in 2018 and she was honored with the Sundar Prasad Shah 'Dukhi' literary prize the same year..
Listen to Boju Bajai Reads featuring Shivani Singh Tharu, reading an excerpt from her piece рдорд╣реБрд╡рд╛ published in Naya Patrika: тБаhttps://link.chtbl.com/bbreadsftshivanisinghtharuтБа
You can follow Shivani Singh Tharu on Facebook and Twitter: тБаhttps://www.facebook.com/shivanisingh.tharu.3тБа
тБаhttps://twitter.com/shivanitharuтБа
Subscribe to our weekly newsletter Cold Takes by Boju Bajai for a roundup of news and feminist views from Nepal and the Nepali internet.
Read and subscribe here: тБаhttps://bojubajai.substack.com/welcomeтБа
Boju Bajai regularly works with reporters and researchers to bring compelling audio stories that centre and amplify women’s experiences. If you would like to support our work, please consider being our patron here: тБаwww.patreon.com/bojubajaiтБа
Follow @тБаBojubajaiтБа on social media for more laughs and guff gaff:
Instagram: тБаwww.instagram.com/bojubajai/тБа
Facebook: тБаwww.facebook.com/bojubajai/тБа
Twitter: тБаhttps://twitter.com/BojuBajaiтБа
YouTube: тБаwww.youtube.com/c/BojuBajai/тБа
Boju Bajai theme music by Flekke
Reading list
Shivani’s Kathmandu, Nepali Times тБаhttps://www.nepalitimes.com/here-now/shivanis-kathmanduтБа
рдорд╣реБрд╡рд╛, Naya Patrika
тБаhttps://jhannaya.nayapatrikadaily.com/news-details/419/2019-08-10тБа
рднреБрдЗрдБрддрд▓рд╛ : рдбреЗрд░рд╛–рд╕рдВрд╕рд╛рд░рдХреЛ рдкрд╛рддрд╛рд▓рд▓реЛрдХ, Kantipur
тБаhttps://ekantipur.com/koseli/2020/11/27/16064814304432906.htmlтБа
рдирд╛рдХрдХреЛ рднреВрдЧреЛрд▓, Kantipur
тБаhttps://ekantipur.com/koseli/2022/01/29/164342883582051896.html?author=1тБа
рдХреЛрд░реЛрдирд╛рдХрд▓реНрдк, Kantipur
тБаhttps://ekantipur.com/koseli/2021/07/03/162527663132599220.html?author=1тБа
рдХрд╡рд┐рддрд╛ : рд╕рд╣рд░ рдЧрд╛рдпрдм рднрдПрдкрдЫрд┐, Kantipur
тБаhttps://ekantipur.com/literature/2020/05/03/158849493718083446.html?author=1тБа
рдорд╛рдиреНрдЫреЗрдХреЛ рд░рдЩ рд╣рдЬрд╛рд░, Setopati
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This is the second installment of Boju Bajai Reads where we get our favorite writers to read their writings. And this time, we are thrilled to have writer Shivani Singh Tharu read her piece ‘рдорд╣реБрд╡рд╛’ published in Naya Patrika.
Oh, and mark your calendar cos our episode ‘Guff Gaff with Shivani Singh Tharu’ is releasing on August 2.
Read the full piece published in Naya Patrika: https://jhannaya.nayapatrikadaily.com/news-details/419/2019-08-10
Boju Bajai regularly works with reporters and researchers to bring compelling audio stories that centre and amplify women’s experiences. If you would like to support our work, please consider being our patron here: www.patreon.com/bojubajai
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Boju Bajai in conversation with Akanchha Karki, who is a theatre director, performer and educator. She runs Katha Ghera, a theatre collective in Kathmandu, and has directed several plays including the Nepali version of The Vagina Monologues, Private is Political, Line, The Giving Tree, Harek Babal Kura, and Animal Farm. She is also an aspiring filmmaker and directed her debut short film 'Sanai' through the British Council Gender Film Grant. She was a fellow at the Gograha filmmaking residency in 2022.
Her work focuses on mental health, gender sensitivity, and social justice. She challenges problematic structures, encourages unlearning of internalised prejudices, and facilitates difficult conversations that promote empathy and healing. She believes in creating safe spaces and sees vulnerability as a source of strength.
You can follow her and her works on Instagram: https://instagram.com/akanchhakarki
https://www.instagram.com/kathagheraproductions/
Subscribe to our weekly newsletter Cold Takes by Boju Bajai for a roundup of news and feminist views from Nepal and the Nepali internet.
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Welcome to Episode 6 of Care at the Centre: Voices from the Majority World.
At the heart of this series is care - the life-affirming, life-sustaining practice which honours our interconnected relationships and our commitment to the wellbeing of ourselves, our environments, and each other.
As the world becomes increasingly hostile towards feminist activists and women's movements, Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights, Asia & Pacific, aims to bring to light the stories and experiences of women, trans, and gender-nonconforming human rights defenders who work tirelessly in the margins through this six-part series.
In the final episode of the series, we reflect on the findings gathered from regional perspectives. We explore how activisms can respond to the concerns shared by activists featured in this series, and envision the future of activisms.
This series has been informed and guided by the Urgent Action Fund Report “How Can We Ground Ourselves in Care and Dance Our Revolution”. You can read the full report at rootingcare.org where you can also listen to podcasts from the Urgent Action Funds.
You can listen to all the episodes of Care at the Centre: Voices from the Majority World here:
Episode 1
https://on.soundcloud.com/4jgJb
Episode 2
https://on.soundcloud.com/7AWVp
Episode 3
https://on.soundcloud.com/qBLEK
Episode 4
https://on.soundcloud.com/XPCYa
Episode 5
https://on.soundcloud.com/oL8kW
Credits:
Production: Boju Bajai
Hosts: Bhrikuti Rai and Itisha Giri
Music and Sound Design: Rajan Shrestha and Irina Giri
A special thanks to the voice artists from Nepal featured in Episode 1 of this series. -
Welcome to Episode 5 of Care at the Centre: Voices from the Majority World.
At the heart of this series is care - the life-affirming, life-sustaining practice honouring our interconnected relationships and our commitment to the wellbeing of ourselves, our environments, and each other.
As the world becomes increasingly hostile towards feminist activists and women's movements, Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights, Asia & Pacific, this series aims to bring to light the stories and experiences of women, trans, and gender-nonconforming human rights defenders who work tirelessly in the margins.
In this episode, we bring you the voice of Brindaalakshmi K. They are a queer feminist researcher and advocacy professional working at the intersection of gender, sexuality, human rights and technology. Brindaa’s advocacy is informed by their work as a peer supporter and activist working with LGBTIQA+ community.
You can follow them on Twitter @brindaalakshmi
This episode explores digital rights, digital privacy, and the digital divide and how these issues affect the queer community in India.
This episode was recorded in October 2022 therefore some references to specific laws and legal provisions might have undergone changes since the date of the recording.
This series has been informed and guided by the Urgent Action Fund Report “How Can We Ground Ourselves in Care and Dance Our Revolution”. You can read the full report at rootingcare.org where you can also listen to podcasts from the Urgent Action Funds.
You can listen to all the episodes of Care at the Centre: Voices from the Majority World here:
Episode 1
on.soundcloud.com/4jgJb
Episode 2
on.soundcloud.com/7AWVp
Episode 3
on.soundcloud.com/qBLEK
Episode 4
on.soundcloud.com/XPCYa
Episode 6
https://on.soundcloud.com/rnazk
Credits:
Production: Boju Bajai
Hosts: Bhrikuti Rai and Itisha Giri
Music and Sound Design: Rajan Shrestha and Irina Giri -
Welcome to Episode 4 of Care at the Centre: Voices from the Majority World.
At the heart of this series is care - the life-affirming, life-sustaining practice honouring our interconnected relationships and our commitment to the wellbeing of ourselves, our environments, and each other.
As the world becomes increasingly hostile towards feminist activists and women's movements, Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights, Asia & Pacific, aims to bring to light the stories and experiences of women, trans, and gender-nonconforming human rights defenders who work tirelessly in the margins.
In this episode, we bring you the voices of Maya Gurung and Dolma Sherpa - two amazing activists who work at Adhikaar, a New York based, women-led community organization that serves the needs of the Nepali speaking community and organizes low-income workers to promote social justice and human rights.
We discuss their work with the Nepali community in New York during the pandemic and conversations about self-care and protection of activists to ensure their wellbeing.
Maya Gurung works at Adhikaar as a senior case coordinator helping community members to resolve issues ranging from wage theft, immigration issues. Dolma Sherpa is an organiser at Adhikaar and has been part of several campaigns to support and address the needs for nail salon workers.
You can learn more about Adhikaar’s work by visiting their website: https://adhikaar.org/
This series has been informed and guided by the Urgent Action Fund Report “How Can We Ground Ourselves in Care and Dance Our Revolution”. You can read the full report at rootingcare.org where you can also listen to podcasts from the Urgent Action Funds.
You can listen to all the episodes here:
Episode 1
on.soundcloud.com/4jgJb
Episode 2
on.soundcloud.com/7AWVp
Episode 3
on.soundcloud.com/qBLEK
Episode 5
on.soundcloud.com/oL8kW
Episode 6
https://on.soundcloud.com/rnazk
Credits:
Production: Boju Bajai
Hosts: Bhrikuti Rai and Itisha Giri
Music and Sound Design: Rajan Shrestha and Irina Giri -
Welcome to Episode 3 of Care At the Centre: Voices from the Majority World.
At the heart of this series is care - the life-affirming, life-sustaining practice honouring our interconnected relationships and our commitment to the wellbeing of ourselves, our environments, and each other.
As the world becomes increasingly hostile towards feminist activists and women's movements, Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights, Asia & Pacific, this series aims to bring to light the stories and experiences of women, trans, and gender-nonconforming human rights defenders who work tirelessly in the margins.
In this episode, we bring you the voice of Nandar from Myanmar.
Nandar is a feminist activist, a storyteller, and a podcaster. She is the founder of Purple Feminists Group.
Nandar, a human rights defender from Myanmar, had to leave her home for an extended period of time after the military coup in 2020. Nandar talks about how she found herself having to reevaluate and revisit her work and her activism in the middle of political turmoil at home and a global pandemic and how these factors affected not just her work, but also her personal wellbeing.
To know more about Nandar and the work her organization does, please visit: purplefeminist.org
This series has been informed and guided by the Urgent Action Fund Report “How Can We Ground Ourselves in Care and Dance Our Revolution”. You can read the full report at rootingcare.org where you can also listen to podcast episodes from the Urgent Action Funds.
References:
“The Guardian view on Myanmar’s military: in power but not control”
- 6 December, 2022
You can listen to all the episodes here:
Episode 1
https://on.soundcloud.com/4jgJb
Episode 2
https://on.soundcloud.com/7AWVp
Episode 4
https://on.soundcloud.com/XPCYa
Episode 5
https://on.soundcloud.com/oL8kW
Episode 6
https://on.soundcloud.com/rnazk
Credits:
Production: Boju Bajai
Hosts: Bhrikuti Rai and Itisha Giri
Music and Sound Design: Rajan Shrestha and Irina Giri -
Welcome to the second episode of Care at the Centre: Voices from the Majority World.
At the heart of this series is care - the life-affirming, life-sustaining practice which honours our interconnected relationships and our commitment to the wellbeing of ourselves, our environments, and each other.
In this episode, we bring you the voice of Rukshana Kapali. As a trans woman activist from the Newa Indigenous group, Rukshana’s work and her experiences are specific to Nepal’s socio-political and cultural context. She has been working at the intersection of law and language, and her work is centered on challenging and changing policies through legal activism.
In this conversation, Rukshana shares the specific challenges faced by Nepal’s trans community while reflecting on her own personal journey of navigating and accessing the educational system in Nepal as a trans woman.
This episode was recorded in November, 2022.
If you want to know more about Rukshana’s work, you can visit her website. www.minchyaameyju.wordpress.com/
This series has been informed and guided by the Urgent Action Fund Report “How Can We Ground Ourselves in Care and Dance Our Revolution”. You can read the full report at rootingcare.org where you can also listen to episodes from the Urgent Action Funds.
Listen to all the episodes of the series Care At the Centre: Voices from the Majority World here:
Episode 1
https://on.soundcloud.com/4jgJb
Episode 3
https://on.soundcloud.com/qBLEK
Episode 4
https://on.soundcloud.com/XPCYa
Episode 5
https://on.soundcloud.com/oL8kW
Episode 6
https://on.soundcloud.com/rnazk
Credits:
Production: Boju Bajai
Hosts: Bhrikuti Rai and Itisha Giri
Music and Sound Design: Rajan Shrestha and Irina Giri -
Care at the Centre: Voices from the Majority World
At the heart of this series is care - the life-affirming, life-sustaining practice of honouring our interconnected relationships and our commitment to the wellbeing of ourselves, our environments, and each other.
But in an increasingly hostile world, how do women, trans, and non-binary activists in the world visualize care and protection today at both the individual and organizational level?
What are the specific risks to the lives and works of activists, human rights defenders and advocates from the majority world, and how do activists imagine and practice care in their unique contexts and locations?
These are some of the questions we will explore in this six-part series on care produced by Urgent Action Fund Asia & Pacific.
In the first episode of the series, we will talk about what it is that makes activists continue relentlessly on their paths, despite the risks, the challenges, and the threats they encounter on a daily basis by reflecting on their personal experiences and their socio-political and cultural locations and contexts that shaped their personhood and their activisms.
Our gratitude to artists and activists from Nepal who lend their voices to bring to life the experiences and testimonies of activists featured in the Urgent Action Fund report - “How Can We Ground Ourselves in Care and Dance Our Revolution”.
Please visit, rootingcare.org where you can read the full report and also listen to episodes from the Urgent Action Funds.
You can listen to all the episodes of Care at the Centre: Voices from the Majority World here:
Episode 2
https://on.soundcloud.com/7AWVp
Episode 3
https://on.soundcloud.com/qBLEK
Episode 4
https://on.soundcloud.com/XPCYa
Episode 5
https://on.soundcloud.com/oL8kW
Episode 6
https://on.soundcloud.com/rnazk
Credits:
Production: Boju Bajai
Hosts: Bhrikuti Rai and Itisha Giri
Music and Sound Design: Rajan Shrestha and Irina Giri -
Boju Bajai in conversation with the fantastically talented writer Kunsang. Her deeply personal essays and stories about her family, community and the way of life in the mountains of Humla are a window to a region of Nepal that doesn't get written about as much in Nepali literature or in our op-ed pages. Kunsang’s op-eds, memoirs and short stories have been published in several national dailies, including Kantipur, Naya Patrika.
Listen to Boju Bajai Reads featuring Kunsang’s piece рдЖрдЧреЛ рдХреЗрд╡рд▓ рдЖрдЧреЛ рд╣реЛрдЗрди published in Kantipur https://link.chtbl.com/bbreadsftkunsang
Here’s a list of Kunsang’s writings published in the last five years.
рдЖрдЧреЛ рдХреЗрд╡рд▓ рдЖрдЧреЛ рд╣реЛрдЗрди - https://ekantipur.com/koseli/2023/01/21/167426781073021303.html?author=1
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рддреЗрд╣реНрд░ рд╕реМрдВрд░рд╛рдЗ - https://ekantipur.com/koseli/2022/08/13/166035631515662586.html?author=1
рдмрдЬрд╛рдЙрдиреЗ рд╣рд╛рдд рдЦреЛрдЬрд┐рд░рд╣реЗрдЫ ‘рдЩ’ - https://ekantipur.com/koseli/2022/04/16/165007488520992364.html?author=1
рд╣рд┐рдорд╛рд▓реА рдХрдерд╛ : рд╣рд┐рдЙрдБрдорд╛ рд╣рд╛рдЗрднрд┐рдЬрди рд╣рд▓ - https://ekantipur.com/koseli/2021/10/02/163314223402081319.html?author=1 -
This is the first installment of Boju Bajai Reads where we get our favorite writers to read their writings. And we are thrilled to have writer Kunsang read her piece рдЖрдЧреЛ рдХреЗрд╡рд▓ рдЖрдЧреЛ рд╣реЛрдЗрди for this new series.
Oh, and mark your calendar cos our episode ‘Guff Gaff with Kunsang’ is releasing on June 2.
Read рдЖрдЧреЛ рдХреЗрд╡рд▓ рдЖрдЧреЛ рд╣реЛрдЗрди by Kunsang here: https://ekantipur.com/koseli/2023/01/21/167426781073021303.html?author=1
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