Radio Harpal

Nepal's airwaves are a crowded, wonderful mess. Community FM, folk shows, pop countdowns, and hours of call-in talk all share the dial, and Radio Harpal is part of that tradition. Tune in and you'll get a station that trusts its listeners more than its format clock. There's Nepali pop, there's lok geet, there's the occasional slab of Hindi film music that nobody apologizes for. The pacing can drag in the middle of the day. It does. That's the trade-off for a station that still sounds like people, not software. Fans of Narayan Gopal or Kutumba will find plenty to hum along to, and the talk segm…