Happy fifth birthday to us! We are trying to celebrate our birthday today amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. When we are surrounded and consumed by anguish, fear, loss, and rage it is difficult to step out, take pause, but we have decided to look back, reminisce, and relive moments of laughter, reflection, and joy.

In our birthday special episode, we revisit some of our favourite moments from the last twelve months.

We would like to thank our Patreons for their support despite how difficult this past year has been.

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Find and support some of the groups doing COVID relief work and sharing critical information in Nepal in this list compiled by Nepali Times:

https://www.nepalitimes.com/here-now/important-covid-helpers/

Watch and listen to the full guff gaff included in the rewind tape here:

Watch our स्याबास राष्ट्रवाद! I Guff Gaff with Boju Bajai Web Series - https://youtu.be/ns3-5YKBx1U

Hear more from Shubha on state surveillance (and other forms of surveillance) and how it almost always puts marginalized communities more at risk. https://soundcloud.com/bojubajai/smile-please-sarkar-is-watching

What happens when ‘घरमे मा बेहेन नही क्या?’ goes online? We talk about violence against women offline and online https://soundcloud.com/bojubajai/onlineoffline-ghar-ko-kahani

Listen to our ‘छाडा’ and ‘अराजक’ take on everything that happened earlier this year, which truly feels like 1000 years ago - https://soundcloud.com/bojubajai/46-yeh-kya-ho-raha-hey

Sabse bada rupaiya? Talking about money and class in the time of Corona https://soundcloud.com/bojubajai/judaai-in-the-time-of-corona

We are only 2.3% behind Nepali men in our pursuit for happiness, dear ladies, according to a recent study by a CBS survey. Listen to us talk about things that would make us as happy or happier than Nepali men here: https://soundcloud.com/bojubajai/unhappy-womaniyas-unite

What is your ‘मनको भाषा’? In this episode, journalist Sewa Bhattarai talks to researcher and editor Kailash Rai about her changing relationship with her mother tongue Dungmali, Nepali language, and the Nepali state. Listen now - https://soundcloud.com/bojubajai/bb-ep-04-march

Shailee Chaudhary and Payal Pallavi took over Boju Bajai last year and talked about what it means to be a Madhesi, a Nepali, and a Madhesi woman in Nepal. Listen to ‘को कति नेपाली!’ - https://soundcloud.com/bojubajai/l8t1wdqsqgna

In the episode ‘अनि तपाईको थर नि?’, we hear from Sona Khatik, Gauri Nepali, and Pradip Pariyar on challenging and speaking against the very foundations of caste-based discrimination. https://soundcloud.com/bojubajai/2bay7k3z3p6z

Alongside Sapana Sanjeevani’s ‘Hum Ab Sita Nai Banbau’, listen to Sarita Pariyar, Bina Theeng, Pranika Koyu and songs by Pardafash, Jerusha Rai, Shreya Rai, and Flekke in the ‘Interrupting Spaces’ finale episode - https://soundcloud.com/bojubajai/interrupting-spaces-finale

Watch ‘Only Sex’, the A**HOLE anthem of the year on our YouTube Channel here. - https://soundcloud.com/bojubajai/only-sex

Finally, listen to our haudey guff gaff welcoming 2021 with utmost respect cos ओल्बा said so (स्योस?): https://soundcloud.com/bojubajai/2021-aayi-bakshyos