Radio Sauraha

Radio Sauraha takes its name from the gateway town to Chitwan National Park, and that setting tells you plenty. The station sits in the Terai lowlands, where Nepali pop, folk, and film songs tend to share airtime with local news and community announcements. Don't expect a tightly formatted Western playlist. This is radio the way much of South Asia still does it: presenters talking straight to listeners, dedications, and songs that run long past the three-minute mark. The signal reaches farmers, hotel staff, and safari guides around Sauraha, so programming bends toward what those people actuall…