Radio Planet

Nepali radio is a strange, wonderful beast. One minute you'll get a Narayan Gopal classic, the next a Bollywood track that's been in rotation since 2011, then something from Kutumba's folk-fusion catalogue. Radio Planet sits in that current. The format is broad by design, so adhunik geet and lok geet rub shoulders with Nepali pop, Hindi film songs, and whatever else the hour calls for. It works. Not everything lands. Some blocks lean too heavily on the same worn-out hits, and the ad breaks can drag. But there's a warmth here that streaming playlists never manage. Artists like Bartika Eam Rai a…