Bhanna Baki

In this episode of Bhanna Baki, we’re talking about women in sports. Our conversation was accompanied by Pratigya Joshi, who is a Civil Engineering undergrad in Kathmandu, Nepal. Her football journey started at the age of 16 and currently, she plays for the local teams in Kathmandu. She initially played for the team "Thunderbirds" and later went on to join the "MUFC Nepal Girls". She says, “Playing football has helped me connect to a network of strong women from different corners of the world. In 2019, she got a chance to be a part of a coaching initiative which has helped me bring changes in my community and fueled the desire in me to help younger generation to pursue their dreams. Women's sports in Nepal are in a growing phase. We have witnessed many positive changes over the years. With good governance in sports and collective efforts from private sectors and we individuals, I believe we can reach greater heights and be on the higher ground down the line.”

In this episode, we talked to Darshana Chand about the problematic moral policing culture and its deeply rooted sexism in schools of Nepal.   Darshana Chand is the curator of The Woman Up Creatives - a platform that she and her friend designed to initiate conversations on important feminist issues. She’s also engaged in @thefproject.nepal, an online community for feminist storytelling. A social work undergraduate, she is a feminist writer and activist and looks forward to inclining her future endeavors in the same.

Hi, Hello and Namaste. We hope all of you are doing well and keeping a safe distance from COVID - 19. For our episode 12, we had the pleasure to connect with Sumana KC who is currently a third-year undergraduate pursuing Dentistry at People's Dental College, Tribhuvan University. She is also the founder of Suswasthya Bhava, an initiative that aims to make oral health services accessible to different parts of Nepal. Let's hear what she thinks about the COVID-19 ecosystem in Nepal and how the health system is fighting this intangible war.

In this episode of Bhanna Baki, we have given our platform to Manzila Sharma, who is a new mom and a teacher by profession, to talk about the importance of prenatal and postpartum mental health. Pregnancy is often a time of excitement and joy, but sometimes this period could be very challenging and stressful to some women. There is always some pressure for expecting women or new moms to swiftly transition into motherhood, feel emotionally attached to their newborns right away, or just to know how to take care of their newborns. Manzila, in this episode, shares with us why these expectations are wrong and how they can affect women before and after childbirth. She talks about postpartum depression, baby blues and her own experiences as a new mother, and the challenges that come along. We hope you enjoy this episode and can find something new to learn or to talk about from this episode.

In this episode, we are reflecting on our journey as content creators so far. Usually, we would limit these kinds of conversation to just the team meetings, but we thought it would be great to share our experiences, challenges, and learnings with you all to help you get closer with the Bhanna Baki team and in hope that we could inspire some of you to go ahead and start doing something you've always wanted to do - just like we did with Bhanna Baki. Please let us know how we're doing, we'd love to hear from you all! Thanks for listening to us and we can't wait to bring you more episodes in the future!

In this episode of Bhanna Baki, we have Prasanni Shrestha who is currently a third-year undergraduate student majoring in psychology while minoring in Biology and Chemistry as well. Watch us traject in different directions under the topics of body images like Prasanni mentioned. Perhaps a healthy way of talking about those everyday unseen wrongs while we share our own opinions as well!

In this episode of Bhanna Baki, we have Srija Rai who is a recent graduate of City University of New York, Hunter College. She majored in Journalism in Mass Communication with a minor in Film Studies. Internet and social media have become integral parts of our lives and it wouldn't be wrong to say we heavily rely on these mediums for our source of news. However, are we really getting quality and accurate news? Is social media helping us get information or just spreading misinformation? How do we verify the credibility of news? With all these questions, we talked to Srija Rai, who gave us very useful tips and insights on news literacy in the digital era we live in.

Hello and Namaste! For our 7th episode of Bhanna Baki, we have Palisha, Pooja & Sagyan talking about the youths of Nepal and how they feel about the various impediments that the youths face. Have the youths of Nepal come a long way or are they still stuck?  We hope you guys will find this episode just as enthusiastic as we were when making this. This is a very casual and laid back conversation with the Bhanna Baki team.

Bhanna Baki and Changing Stories Nepal collaborated on a fundraising campaign to change stories of 150 students from Budalikantha, Nepal. We want to thank each and every one of you in helping us raise fund for these children. Thank you for helping us pave a way for these children cause we believe that every single child deserves a quality education. On our episode 6 of Bhanna Baki, we have Riya Shrestha who is an Educator and a Public Speaking Trainer. Riya shares some of her school day stories and how she feels towards the education system that is prevailing in Nepal. Let's dive right into the conversation.