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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. : 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) : Please don’t miss us much hai, cos हम हैं राही प्यार के, फिर मिलेंगे चलते चलते ;p See you after the season break. : Follow @Bojubajai on social media for more laughs and guff gaff: Instagram: www.instagram.com/bojubajai/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/bojubajai/ Twitter: twitter.com/BojuBajai YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/BojuBajai/ Please read and subscribe to our newsletter Cold Takes by Boju Bajai bojubajai.substack.com/ Boju Bajai theme music by Flekke : 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: ‘लैगिंक हिंसा रोक्न गर्न लगानी बढाउनुपर्छ’, Kantipur https://ekantipur.com/news/2023/11/27/investment-to-prevent-gender-violence-57-35.html?author=1 महिला तथा बालिकामाथि अनलाइन हिंसाको कहर, Kantipur, https://ekantipur.com/news/2023/11/26/the-ravages-of-online-violence-against-women-and-girls-47-32.html?author=1 चौथो अंग : पत्रकारितामा भविष्य छैन भनेर सिनियर पत्रकारले निरुत्साहित गराउँदा नयाँ पुस्ता डराए, 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 विमानस्थलको होडबाजीमा एक दशकमा डेढ अर्ब खर्च, Kantipur https://ekantipur.com/news/2024/01/15/one-and-a-half-billion-spent-in-a-decade-on-airport-gambling-03-16.html : : 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 Please read and subscribe to our newsletter Cold Takes by Boju Bajai here 👉🏼 bojubajai.substack.com/ Follow @Bojubajai on social media for more laughs and guff gaff: Instagram: www.instagram.com/bojubajai/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/bojubajai/ Twitter: twitter.com/BojuBajai YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/BojuBajai/ Boju Bajai theme music by Flekke

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 नेपाल– आशा र निराशाको ढिकीच्याउँ, Setopati https://www.setopati.com/cover-story/setopati-debate/308113 तरे संसार घुमिआम्ला, झरे माछा भइजाम्ला, Naya Patrika https://jhannaya.nayapatrikadaily.com/news-details/1457/2021-08-07 बहुसांस्कृतिक राष्ट्रमा धार्मिक सहिष्णुता, 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  Please read and subscribe to our newsletter Cold Takes by Boju Bajai here 👉🏼 bojubajai.substack.com Follow @Bojubajai on social media for more laughs and guff gaff: Instagram: www.instagram.com/bojubajai/  Facebook: www.facebook.com/bojubajai/  Twitter: twitter.com/BojuBajai   YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/BojuBajai/  Boju Bajai theme music by Flekke

Boju Bajai in conversation with writer and lawyer Durga Karki. In this episode, we talk about her writing journey as a young बुद्धिजीवि 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 ‘साथे’ from her book “कुमारी प्रश्नहरू” 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 सोझो केटो, surveillance and social media featuring Durga Karki from Jan 2020 https://youtu.be/YGS8GtqSiKE?si=ZauTuY6o4NYuDiz6 Related readings 'यस्तो पनि देश?', Setopati https://www.setopati.com/cover-story/setopati-debate/308373 हिमालमा के छ?, Setopati https://www.setopati.com/opinion/254137 Please read and subscribe to our newsletter Cold Takes by Boju Bajai here 👉🏼 bojubajai.substack.com/ Follow @Bojubajai on social media for more laughs and guff gaff: Instagram: www.instagram.com/bojubajai/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/bojubajai/ Twitter: twitter.com/BojuBajai YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/BojuBajai/ Boju Bajai theme music by Flekke

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 ‘साथे’ from her book “कुमारी प्रश्नहरू”. 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 सोझो केटो, surveillance and social media featuring Durga Karki from Jan 2020 Related readings 'यस्तो पनि देश?', Setopati https://www.setopati.com/cover-story/setopati-debate/308373 हिमालमा के छ?, Setopati https://www.setopati.com/opinion/254137 Please read and subscribe to our newsletter Cold Takes by Boju Bajai here 👉🏼 bojubajai.substack.com/ Follow @Bojubajai on social media for more laughs and guff gaff: Instagram: www.instagram.com/bojubajai/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/bojubajai/ Twitter: twitter.com/BojuBajai YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/BojuBajai/ Music by Ashot Danielyan (pixabay)

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 Follow @Bojubajai on social media for more laughs and guff gaff: Instagram: www.instagram.com/bojubajai/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/bojubajai/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BojuBajai YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/BojuBajai/ Boju Bajai theme music by Flekke Related readings: Boju Bajai #70 Looking Back: Women at the Covid-19 frontline: https://bojubajai.org/episodes/women-at-the-covid-19-frontline/ ३२ वर्षदेखि थपिएन डाक्टरको दरबन्दी, 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 पुस्तक “पैदल अनुसन्धान : प्रयोग र सम्भावना” माथि अमिना सिंहको समीक्षा 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 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 Follow @Bojubajai on social media for more laughs and guff gaff: Instagram: www.instagram.com/bojubajai/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/bojubajai/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BojuBajai YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/BojuBajai/ Boju Bajai theme music by Flekke

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, ध्यान दिएर सुन्नुस् होला :) 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 center and amplify women’s experiences. If you would like to support our work, please consider being our patron here: www.patreon.com/bojubajai Follow @Bojubajai on social media for more laughs and guff gaff: Instagram: www.instagram.com/bojubajai/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/bojubajai/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BojuBajai YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/BojuBajai/ Boju Bajai theme music by Flekke Disclaimer: This episode contains foul language and is intended for 18+ listeners.

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. Read and subscribe here: https://bojubajai.substack.com/welcome 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 Follow @Bojubajai on social media for more laughs and guff gaff: Instagram: www.instagram.com/bojubajai/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/bojubajai/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BojuBajai YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/BojuBajai/ Boju Bajai theme music by Flekke

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 महुवा published in Naya Patrika: ⁠https://link.chtbl.com/bbreadsftshivanisinghtharu⁠  You can follow Shivani Singh Tharu on Facebook and Twitter: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/shivanisingh.tharu.3⁠  ⁠https://twitter.com/shivanitharu⁠  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  Follow @⁠Bojubajai⁠ on social media for more laughs and guff gaff: Instagram: ⁠www.instagram.com/bojubajai/⁠  Facebook: ⁠www.facebook.com/bojubajai/⁠  Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/BojuBajai⁠  YouTube: ⁠www.youtube.com/c/BojuBajai/⁠  Boju Bajai theme music by Flekke Reading list Shivani’s Kathmandu, Nepali Times ⁠https://www.nepalitimes.com/here-now/shivanis-kathmandu⁠ महुवा, Naya Patrika  ⁠https://jhannaya.nayapatrikadaily.com/news-details/419/2019-08-10⁠  भुइँतला : डेरा–संसारको पाताललोक, Kantipur ⁠https://ekantipur.com/koseli/2020/11/27/16064814304432906.html⁠  नाकको भूगोल, Kantipur ⁠https://ekantipur.com/koseli/2022/01/29/164342883582051896.html?author=1⁠  कोरोनाकल्प, Kantipur ⁠https://ekantipur.com/koseli/2021/07/03/162527663132599220.html?author=1⁠  कविता : सहर गायब भएपछि, Kantipur ⁠https://ekantipur.com/literature/2020/05/03/158849493718083446.html?author=1⁠  मान्छेको रङ हजार, Setopati ⁠https://www.setopati.com/blog/4069⁠

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 ‘महुवा’ 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 Follow @Bojubajai on social media for more laughs and guff gaff: Instagram: www.instagram.com/bojubajai/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/bojubajai/ Twitter: twitter.com/BojuBajai YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/BojuBajai/ Music by https://www.lukefaulkner.com/music

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. Read and subscribe here: 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 Follow @Bojubajai on social media for more laughs and guff gaff: Instagram: www.instagram.com/bojubajai/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/bojubajai/ Twitter: twitter.com/BojuBajai YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/BojuBajai/ Boju Bajai theme music by Flekke

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 आगो केवल आगो होइन published in Kantipur https://link.chtbl.com/bbreadsftkunsang Here’s a list of Kunsang’s writings published in the last five years. आगो केवल आगो होइन - https://ekantipur.com/koseli/2023/01/21/167426781073021303.html?author=1 सद्‍गुरुलाई कोही किन प्रश्न गर्दैन ? - https://ekantipur.com/koseli/2022/11/05/166761320871649608.html?author=1 तेह्र सौंराइ - https://ekantipur.com/koseli/2022/08/13/166035631515662586.html?author=1 बजाउने हात खोजिरहेछ ‘ङ’ - https://ekantipur.com/koseli/2022/04/16/165007488520992364.html?author=1 हिमाली कथा : हिउँमा हाइभिजन हल - 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 आगो केवल आगो होइन for this new series. Oh, and mark your calendar cos our episode ‘Guff Gaff with Kunsang’ is releasing on June 2. Read आगो केवल आगो होइन by Kunsang here: https://ekantipur.com/koseli/2023/01/21/167426781073021303.html?author=1 Do you know we also have a weekly newsletter? Subscribe to Cold Takes by Boju Bajai for a weekly roundup of news and feminist views delivered straight to your inbox every Sunday. 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 Follow @Bojubajai on social media for more laughs and guff gaff: Instagram: www.instagram.com/bojubajai/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/bojubajai/ Twitter: twitter.com/BojuBajai YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/BojuBajai/ Music by P4LASH Palash Sunvaiya https://pixabay.com/music/ambient-fire-and-ice-epic-ambient-141823/ “AERØHEAD - Fragments" is under a Creative Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) license / aer%c3%98head Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: https://bit.ly/b-fragments