Radio Nagarik Chaso

Community radio is the backbone of Nepali media, and Radio Nagarik Chaso works squarely in that tradition. What you'll hear is lok geet and adhunik geet, the folk and modern songs that Narayan Gopal and Arun Thapa built a national songbook from. Madal drums, sarangi, the occasional flute break. Kutumba's instrumental folk sits comfortably beside older playback tracks. Community radio staples show up between songs: local notices, market prices, phone-ins from villages and Kathmandu flats alike. Production is rough around the edges. That's the charm. Nothing here is polished for export, and the…