Kalika F.M

Kalika F.M belongs to the broad, messy world of Nepali FM radio, where the dial is less a format than a mood. An hour can slide from a Narayan Gopal classic into dohori call-and-response, then land on whatever's trending in Kathmandu that week. That's the charm. Nepali radio has never been precious about genre. Lok geet, adhunik, Hindi film tracks, a bit of English pop for the commute: it all shares the same frequency, and somehow it holds together. Younger listeners might get Bartika Eam Rai or Sajjan Raj Vaidya; their parents want Arun Thapa. Everyone gets a turn. If you want to listen to Ka…