The Nepali Outpost
autor: Slok Gyawali
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Sagun Lawoti: Crown, Crowd, and Crisis
Sagun Lawoti: Crown, Crowd, and Crisis
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Bi-weekly podcast where we talk about the ideas, events, and people shaping the Nepali mind in Nepal and globally. Host Slok Gyawali.
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- Sagun Lawoti: Crown, Crowd, and Crisis · 47 minPro-monarchy protests are gaining traction in Nepal, but can they really undo the secular republic? In this episode, I sit down with Sajun Lawoti, spokesperson for the Rastriya…
- Chef Bikram Vaidya: Aasan Tol, standardizing recipes, and demystifying the Nepali kitchen · 48 minIn this episode of The Nepali Outpost, we sit down with acclaimed Chef Bikram Vaidya to discuss his newly released book, The Mystic Kitchens of Nepal. Join us as we explore his…
- Dr. Bipin Ghimire on Nepal's unique borders & managing the two neighbors. · 1 h 1 minOur latest episode features the insightful Dr. Bipin Ghimire, an expert on South Asian geopolitics and border dynamics. In this episode, we take a look into the complexities…
- It's difficult to make predictions, especially about the future, with Dr Anil Sigdel · 1 h 4 min🎙️ New episode out now with Dr. Anil Sigdel! We cover: • What Trump’s re-election might mean for the Ukraine war, • Changes in Indo-Pacific security, • How New Delhi sees the…
- Bangladesh: Spirit, State, Sharia with Md Mizanur Rahman · 1 h 14 min · Řada 2 Epizoda 2As the dust begins to settle after the "July Protests" in Bangladesh, we speak with political scientist Md Mizanur Rahman about what politics and society look like post-Sheikh…
- S2E1 - Managing Million Mutinies: Dr. Nirmala Mani Adhikary on Identity, Punarjagaran, and Civilization · 2 h 4 min · Řada 2 Epizoda 1Welcome to Season 2 of The Nepali Outpost! The first few episodes of Season 2 are part of a mini-series The Nation and the Civilization. In Episode 1, we talk with Dr. Nirmala…
- Directing Change with Kirtana Banskota · 1 h 10 minIn the final episode of Season 1 of The Nepali Outpost, we speak with filmmaker Kirtana Banskota. Kirtana speaks to us about her creative journey, why representation is…
- Trust but verify: National Security, "Angrezi" Media, & Foreign Funding with Kosh Raj Koirala, · 53 minIn this episode, Kosh Raj Koirala, Editor, of Republica talks with us about what he thinks is Nepal's most pressing national security challenge and why we are ill-equipped to…
- The Great Nepali Diaspora: Goals, Guilt, and "Giving back" with Preeti Adhikary · 52 minThis last week has people questioning ideas that this episode speaks directly to. First, what role can (and should) Non-Residential Nepalis and the Nepali Diaspora play in…
- Cry, beloved Country: Party, Politics, and Pessimism with Dipak gyawali · 1 h 6 minIn a much delayed, but highly relevant episode*, The Nepali Outpost speaks to Dipak Gyawali about the recent elections in Nepal and why he remains pessimistic about the health of…
- Civilisational Consciousness: Anubhuti, Aesthetics, and Awakening with Raghava Krishna · 60 minWhat does it mean that a civilisation is sleeping? In this episode, The Nepali Outpost talks to Raghava Krishan, Founder of Bṛhat- Culture Engine, about what it takes to wake up…
- Awkward Friends: Nepal, China, and the importance of language with Aneka R. Rajbhandari · 50 minAneka Rebecca Rajbhandari on why Nepal and China still find each other hard to decipher. We also discuss why Nepal’s China-watchers must pay attention to the Communist Party of…
- Tracing History through Food: Culture, Spices and Nepaliness with Prashanta Khanal · 1 h 5 min · Řada 1What makes a food "Nepali"? What makes food "authentic"? Do Western cooking standards hamper how we engage with Nepali food? We talk about it all in this episode of The Nepali…
- Know thyself! Data to know Nepal’s provinces better, the future of tech policy, and what Nepal can learn from Sri Lanka. · 49 minTechnology is changing Nepal. And quicky. Thankfully, Jaya Mahat and NiPoRe have their eyes on it. Hear Jaya talk about the newly released Nepal Competitiveness Index (NCI) and…
- Is Geography Destiny? Urban Geography, ISI’s evolving relations with the Afghan Taliban and the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. · 39 minPlease note: This episode was taped before the recent earthquake in Eastern Afghanistan, to learn more about the earthquake please click here. The death toll from an earthquake…
- Lost and Found: Resilience, Trauma and Nepaliness in the Bhutanese-Nepali community in the US with Jhuma N Acharya · 1 h 13 minJhuma N Acharya, Chairperson, Board of Directors of the Bhutanese Community of Central Ohio (BCCO) on the ethnic cleansing of Nepali speakers from Bhutan in the 1990s, how he…
- The Heritage Chronicler : Aashish Mishra on heritage, sacredness of Bagmati, and Guthis · 49 minNamaste and welcome to Episode 5! In this episode, we speak with Aashish Mishra, a reporter for The Rising Nepal about the sacred history (and secrets) of Bagmati, the state of…
- A Pakistani drama -- Foreign hand, Abraham Accords and cricket with Dr. Khurram Abbas · 47 minNamaste everyone! Very often those of us from Nepal pay limited attention to the political conversations happening beyond India, China, and the West. To partially correct that…
- Can Nepal Speak?: Shiva Tiwari on Great Power Politics and Knowledge Production in Nepal. · 53 minShiva P. Tiwari, the managing editor of the Nepali Journal of Contemporary Studies, speaks to The Nepali Post about Nepali political elites' tendency to drag great powers into…
- When friends drop by: Pandemic, Everest, and writing with Paavan Mathema · 37 minIn this episode of The Nepali Outpost, I speak with Paavan Mathema, Chief correspondent AFP Kathmandu Bureau, about the pandemic, upcoming Everest season, Paul Shah, and her…
