Khulaasa News

Khulaasa means openness, or disclosure, and the name sets expectations the station mostly meets. This is Nepali news radio in its purest form: bulletins, phone-ins, studio debates, and a lot of talk about the price of cooking gas. The pace is unhurried. Anchors read in Nepali and slip into English when the guest doesn't speak the language, and the whole thing runs on the assumption that you've got time. It's not polished the way BBC World Service is polished. The audio is raw, callers ramble, and someone's phone goes off in the background. That's the charm. Where it wins is local detail: distr…