FM Adhyatma Jyoti

The name says it: Adhyatma Jyoti, roughly 'the light of the inner self.' This is Nepali devotional radio in the broadest sense, built around bhajan, kirtan, and spoken dharma rather than pop hooks. You'll hear harmonium and tabla behind a single voice for ten minutes straight. Then a recitation. It's slow radio, and it makes no apology for that. The sound sits close to the tradition that produced singers like Ani Choying Drolma, whose Buddhist chanting carries the same unhurried gravity, and to the household bhajan tapes that play in Kathmandu courtyards during festivals. Expect Sanskrit and N…