Radio Annapurna Nepal

Radio Annapurna Nepal takes its name from the massif, and it broadcasts in Nepali for listeners spread across the hills, the Terai, and the diaspora. Expect the staples: adhunik songs, lok geet, and folk tunes that turn up at every festival from Pokhara to Kathmandu. You'll hear Narayan Gopal's classics. You'll also hear newer voices, Bipul Chettri among them. Between songs come talk, community notices, and listener requests, the ordinary texture of radio in Nepal. It's a shared thing, this kind of listening, and that's what keeps it alive. Nothing here is polished the way big-city FM is. That…