Boju Bajai

हामीले गतवर्ष बबिता राईसँग 'भाले राष्ट्रवाद' र सामाजिक सञ्जाल आफ्ना विचारहरू राख्दा महिलाहरू सामना गर्नुपर्ने tone policing, ‌moral policing र trolling र नेपाली सामाजिक सञ्जालमा उनीहरूको आवाज र self-expression लाई दबाउन हुने silencing का अनेक गतिविधिबारे गफगाफ गरेका थियौँ। महिलाहरूको राष्ट्रप्रेमको परीक्षा लिइरहने विषाक्त ‘भाले राष्ट्रवाद’, अनलाइनमा महिलाहरूले भोग्ने हिंसा र सामाजिक सञ्जालमा हुने बहसहरूलाई अझै सहज र समावेशी बनाउनेबारे उहाँको विचार सुनौँ है ।

Disclaimer: The episode contains unbeeped expletives.

Babita Rai is a feminist writer and one of the many clap back queens in Nepali Twittersphere. Follow her on Twitter @BabitaRages/www.twitter.com/BabitaRages

Read Babita’s writings here:

‘यौनमा पितृसत्ता’ - https://jhannaya.nayapatrikadaily.com/news-details/891/2020-03-14

महिलाको यौनिक अभिव्यक्तिको अर्थ - https://bodyanddata.org/meaning-of-womens-sexual-expression/

This conversation was recorded for Guff Gaff with Boju Bajai, a web-series presented by Book Bus Nepal. The series was produced by Satori Center for the Arts, Quixote’s Cove, and Boju Bajai.

In the first episode of Guff Gaff with Boju Bajai, you can watch Jerusha's performance alongside our guff gaff on Lipulekh, 'bhale rastrabaad', 'm*ji rastrabaad' and many variants of toxic rastrabaad with Kalpana Jha and Babita Rai in 'स्याबास राष्ट्रवाद !', Watch it on our Youtube and please subscribe to our channel:

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For Pride month, journalist Ankit Khadgi takes over Boju Bajai to bring you two tales, from the same city - tales of liberation and oppression; of love and longing; of personal freedom and collective demands. In the first segment, Ankit talks to Roselyn Thapa Magar, also known as Maya Indrani, about the drag scene in Nepal. In the second segment of the episode, we hear from two transgender sex workers sharing their life experiences.

Trigger warning: The episode includes mention of self harm and assault.

This episode has been conceived, hosted, produced, and edited by Ankit. He is a arts and culture reporter for The Kathmandu Post. You can follow his work on Twitter @ankitkhadgi

Follow Roselyn on Instagram at @manthatmakeup - instagram.com/manthatmakeup

You can also follow Blue Diamond Society's work and support their work with LGBTIQ+ communities in Nepal at www.bds.org.np

Ankit recently collaborated with Kaalo.101 to curate ‘WE ARE QUEER: VISUAL ARCHIVE PROJECT’. Check out the archive project at www.wearequeernepal.wixsite.com/thearchiveproject

Music by Flekke

Song credit:

Covergirl-RuPaul

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3RB_56WziA

RuPaul's Drag Race Opening Theme- RuPaul's Drag Race

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3RB_56WziA

Badhi Mushkil- Lajja

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3RB_56WziA

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Recommended reading:

‘For most transgender women, sex work remains the only way to make a living’ - https://tkpo.st/30LVA4U

'A Nepali drag show, with an American touch' - https://kathmandupost.com/art-culture/2019/06/12/a-nepali-drag-show-with-an-american-touch

‘Welcome to Pink Tiffany, Kathmandu’s first openly LGBTIQ-friendly restaurant and bar’- https://bit.ly/3x1XvS9

‘Murder of transwoman shows that things remain perilous for the LGBTIQ community’ - https://tkpo.st/378tyTD

‘Nepal might have made progress when it comes to queer rights but it still has a long way to go’ - https://tkpo.st/2AAIm1S

‘Socially isolated and in financial despair, LGBTIQ individuals are taking their own lives’ - https://tkpo.st/31l6X5X

‘Harassed, beaten, and jailed - Transgender individuals continue to face abuse at the hands of the Nepal Police’ - https://bit.ly/3dtuc2W

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We spoke to journalist Shusma Barali about journalism, Dalit rights, online and offline conversations around caste-based discrimination, and inclusion in a deeply unequal society like ours.

Please read Shusma Barali's story in Nepali Times about the caster-based killing in Rukkum in 2020 https://www.nepalitimes.com/banner/caste-aside/

Follow Shusma on Twitter

https://twitter.com/BaraliShusma

This conversation was recorded for Guff Gaff with Boju Bajai, a web-series presented by Book Bus Nepal. The series was produced by Satori Center for the Arts, Quixote’s Cove, and Boju Bajai.

Watch ‘दाजु भाई show’, the third episode of Guff Gaff with Boju Bajai series, featuring our Rubeena Mahato and Shusma Barali on our YouTube channel. Alongside a skit from the office of 'ASSHOLE' by Yoznaa Thapa Magar and a musical performance by singer-songwriter Simma Rai.

youtu.be/KyB86yyYJ7w

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के नयाँ नागरिकता अध्यादेश साँच्चै प्रगतिशील छ? आमाहरूले बाबुको पहिचान नभएको स्वघोषणा गर्ने भनेको के हो? यो कसरी गर्ने ? तपाईको यी सबै प्रश्नका उत्तरहरू पत्रकार Shova Sharma सँगको हाम्रो नयाँ एपिसोडमा।

On May 23, President Bidhya Devi Bhandari promulgated Nepal Citizenship (first amendment) Ordinance 2021. The heated debate on the ordinance has slowed down. So it's time for our cold takes on Nepal's latest citizenship law, featuring journalist Shova Sharma. She is a reporter at Setopati. She covers politics and parliament and has written extensively on citizenship laws. She explains what the ordinance means for women’s right to confer citizenship to their children, and how the Nepali state continues to treat women as 'दोस्रो दर्जाको' नागरिक.

Please follow her work and her on Twitter @SharmaShova

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Here are some explainers written by Shova Sharma:

नयाँ अध्यादेशले विदेशीलाई नागरिकता दिन्छ? किन भयो विवाद? - https://www.setopati.com/politics/238515

बाबुको पहिचान नभएको स्वघोषणा गरे आमाको नामबाट नागरिकता पाइने - https://www.setopati.com/politics/238421

नागरिकता ऐनमा फेरि पनि महिलालाई विभेद? - https://www.setopati.com/politics/176466

‘नेपाली आमाले विदेशीका बच्चा ल्याएर नागरिकता दिने अभियान चलाए भने?' - https://www.setopati.com/politics/177120

मैले देखेका महिला र पुरुष सांसद - https://www.setopati.com/opinion/189588

कोठे बैठकबाट खोसिएको समानताको हक - https://www.setopati.com/politics/209705

प्रस्तावित कानुनअनुसार कसरी पाइन्छ आमाको नामबाट नागरिकता?- https://www.setopati.com/politics/209705

४५ वर्षे बाबुको पीर- ‘कतै मेरा छोराछोरीको पनि नागरिकता नहुने हो कि?’ - https://www.setopati.com/politics/209775

For more, follow the reading list here:

नागरिकतामा सत्ताको सौदाबाजी - https://www.nayapatrikadaily.com/news-details/64612/2021-05-24

On being a woman in Nepal by Dalima Tamang -

https://www.recordnepal.com/on-being-a-woman-in-nepal

Unequal citizens by Praveen Kumar Yadav - https://www.recordnepal.com/category-explainers/unequal-citizens/

In June 2020, AbhaLal2, Kalpana Jha and Sangita Thebe wrote ‘What mainstream feminists are getting wrong about the citizenship debate’ pertaining to the parliament endorsement of a bill to amend a clause in the Citizenship Act that requires foreign women married to Nepali men to wait seven years after marriage to obtain a citizenship certificate. The new ordinance has changed that and paved the way for foreign women married to Nepali men to obtain citizenship without the seven years waiting period.

https://www.recordnepal.com/what-mainstream-feminists-are-getting-wrong-about-the-citizenship-debate

Women have no nationality- By Manjushree Thapa, September 21, 2015 - https://www.recordnepal.com/women-have-no-nationality

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.

Our podcast has always been about pushing for space and creating space for women in the Nepali public sphere, and if you like what we do, please subscribe to our podcast on @bojubajai.

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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

This is the final episode of our special mini-series ‘Interrupting Spaces’. Over the last four weeks, we brought you stories of women who are interrupting and disrupting the spaces and structures around them through their work, their voices, and their presence.

This episode is an intersection of art, activism, and is a celebration of difference - in stories, songs, poetry...in types of resistance, rejections, revisions and ultimately a movement towards change, equality, dignity - whether that is for an individual, a woman, a group, or the nation as we know it. This episode features Sarita Pariyar, Sapana Sanjeevani, Bina Theeng, Pranika Koyu and songs by Pardafash, Jerusha Rai, Shreya Rai, and Flekke.

This is the final episode of a five-part series, Interrupting Spaces, produced by Boju Bajai in collaboration with the United Nations in Nepal.

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Credits:

Sarita Pariyar is a writer and activist. Follow her on Twitter: @SaritaPariyar

Read her ‘A Touchable Woman’s Untouchable Daughter: Interplay of Caste and Gender in Nepal’ here:

https://journals.library.brandeis.edu/index.php/caste/article/view/183

Sapana Sanjeevani is an independent political researcher, Mithila artist, and feminist. Follow Sapana’s and her sister Payal’s artwork on Instagram @payalsapanapaints

Bina Theeng is a poet and writer.

She reads आगोको ठेगाना -

https://jhannaya.nayapatrikadaily.com/news-details/1226/2021-01-02

Follow her on Twitter: @Binalama75Bina

Buy her books here:

https://thuprai.com/author/bina-theeng/

Pranika Koyu is a poet and researcher. In this episode, she reads

झिल्को - https://bit.ly/3u9bnrR and सिता वाणी - https://bit.ly/2PeQL2R

Follow her on Twitter: @fullauri

I Have Created written by Itisha Giri and read by Irina Giri

Songs:

God Promise by Pardafash. Follow Pardafash on Instagram @pardafash

https://consolidate.bandcamp.com/track/god-promise

Pallo Ghar by Shreya Rai - https://youtu.be/u7MdCUYZk9w

Subscribe to her YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX9H48KNqpFhR5SBWX5OYDw

Sunsaan I by Jerusha Rai - https://youtu.be/fxY07xLYYiU

Subscribe to her YouTube channel -

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa22fB1isLMMemkgERBRm9Q

Averse by Flekke - https://youtu.be/BTaXez-TdQ4

Consolidate Records. Follow Consolidate Records YouTube channel here:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHPjKkQle3b3QQxhTmRag3g

Reporters for the Interrupting Spaces series.

Sewa Bhattarai.

Sewa is a bilingual journalist based in Nepal, working in radio and print media. Her main reporting focus is gender issues, and her other interests are arts and literature, environment, and rural Nepal. Follow Sewa on Twitter: @sewa_ditee

Nikita Tripathi.

Nikita holds a Bachelor’s degree in Development Studies from Kathmandu University.

Madhuri Mahato

Madhuri is a journalist based in Birgunj, Nepal. Currently, the News Chief at Narayani FM, she has over a decade of experience reporting for the print and radio, including BBC Nepali.

Edited by Sikuma Rhiannon Rai

Sound design by Phatcowlee

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यसपालिको गफगाफ हाम्रो 'मनको भाषा' सँग हाम्रो सम्बन्धबारे। एउटा समुदायको भाषा मासिदै जाँदा सो समुदायको पहिचान मात्रै नभई तिनको इतिहाससँगको सम्बन्ध पनि हराउदै जान्छ। आफ्नो मातृभाषा दुङ्गमालीलाई संरक्षण गर्ने प्रयासहरुबारे शोधकर्ता कैलाश राईसँगको कुराकानी यो एपिसोडमा सुन्नु होला। नेपालमा बोलिने विभिन्न भाषाहरू कसरी लोप हुन्छन्/ लोप हुँदै छन् र त्यसले ती समुदायका व्यक्तिहरुलाई पर्ने असरबारे कैलाश राईसँग रिपोर्टर सेवा भट्टराईले गर्नु भएको कुराकानी यस एपिसोडमा।

How is a community's history, culture and identity linked to their language? And how do people process and come to terms with feeling uprooted when their language slowly starts dying. 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. Dungmali is one of the 123 languages spoken in Nepal. The last census listed Dungmali as an endangered language since it is now only spoken by about 6000 people, mostly Kiratis in different areas of Bhojpur district in eastern Nepal.

Follow Kailash Rai on Twitter @Kailash1819

This episode is part of a five-part series, Interrupting Spaces, produced by Boju Bajai in collaboration with the United Nations in Nepal.

Over the next five weeks, we will bring you stories of women who are interrupting and disrupting the spaces and structures around them through their work, their voices, and their presence. You do not want to miss this special series. For new episode updates, please subscribe to Boju Bajai podcast on SoundCloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Podcast Addict, CastBox, or wherever you get your podcast.

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Credit:

Reported by Sewa Bhattarai.

Sewa is a bilingual journalist based in Nepal, working in radio and print media. Her main reporting focus is gender issues, and her other interests are arts and literature, environment, and rural Nepal. Follow Sewa on Twitter: @sewa_ditee

Edited by Sikuma Rhiannon Rai

Illustrations by Stuti Sharma

Follow Stuti’s work on Instagram: @zealteal

Music by Flekke

Dong Pung Pada - Dungmali song from the Facebook page Hamro - Sanodumma

https://www.facebook.com/SanodummaBhojpur/posts/1615243225252866

'Hati Haina, Dati Ladne' by Ganesh Rashik and Friends

Sound design by Phatcowlee

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नेपालको अर्थतन्त्र वैदेशिक रोजगारीले भित्र्याउने रेमिटेन्सले धेरै हदसम्म धानेको छ। तर हरेक वर्ष लाखौ युवा, प्रायजसो २०-४० वर्षका पुरुषहरु, यसरी विदेश पलायन हुँदा यसले घर परिवार र समाजमा कस्ता दीर्घकालीन असरहरु परिरहेको छन्? यसपालिको एपिसोडमा हामीले यहि कुरा खोतल्ने सानो प्रयास गरेका छौं। आफ्नो परिवारका पुरूष सदस्यहरू विदेशमा रहेका महिलाहरूले कसरी आफ्नो घर र समुदायमा कसरी नेतृत्व लिइरहेका छन्? गाँउघर, खेतदेखि चौतारी सबैतिर महिलाहरूको उपस्थिति बढ्दा हाम्रो सामाजिक संरचनाहरूमा कस्तो परिवर्तन आएको छ त? यसबारे थप चर्चा पत्रकार माधुरी महतोसँग।

Journalist Madhuri Mahato spoke to women who have become the head of their family in the absence of their fathers, sons, and husbands. They are making their presence felt in public spaces and they are making decisions for their families and their communities.

This episode is part of a five-part series, Interrupting Spaces, produced by Boju Bajai in collaboration with the United Nations in Nepal.

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Reported by Madhuri Mahato

Madhuri is a journalist based in Birgunj, Nepal. Currently, the News Chief at Narayani FM, she has over a decade of experience reporting for the print and radio, including BBC Nepali.

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समृद्ध नेपाल कसको लागि? चिल्ला सडक र महँगा एयरपोर्टहरूले भरिएको समृद्ध नेपालको परिक‌ल्पनामा व्हिलचियर प्रयोगकर्ता लगायत विभिन्न किसिमको अपाङ्गता भएका व्यक्तिहरुले पनि प्रयोग गर्न मिल्ने भौतिक संरचनाहरू पनि पर्छन् की पर्दैनन् ? समृद्ध नेपालको सडक, फुटपाथ, गगनचुम्बी भवन र त्यहाँ थुप्रिएका अवसरसम्मको पहुँच अपाङ्गता भएका व्यक्तिहरूका लागि पनि उत्तिकै सहज हुनुपर्छ। तर अवस्था त्यस्तो भइसकेको छैन। र यहि (अ)समावेशी समृद्धिले तेर्साएका चुनौतीहरु बारे यसपालिको हाम्रो गफगाफ ।

In this episode, reporter Nikita Tripathi talked to Shreeti Shrestha. Twenty-five-year-old Shreeti works as a software engineer and she was featured in The Kathmandu Post piece ‘The women who are changing the face of tech in Nepal’ by Prajesh SJB Rana for her work at Cotiviti Nepal and Dallo Tech. She is also a wheelchair user. We wanted to find out from Shreeti how she is navigating the physical side of the city but also her personal and professional experience working in the tech industry in Nepal.

This episode is part of a five-part series, Interrupting Spaces, produced by Boju Bajai in collaboration with the United Nations in Nepal.

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Related readings:

‘The women who are changing the face of tech in Nepal’ - https://tkpo.st/2LdKgef

Twitter by Shubha Kayastha on how inclusive the streets are - https://twitter.com/Shubha_a/status/1360237874344435713

‘Report on Accessibility Audit on Kathmandu Nepal’ (PDF file) by National Federation of the Disabled - Nepal - https://nfdn.org.np/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Final_Access-audit-report_NFDN2018.pdf

Credit:

Reported by Nikita Tripathi.

Nikita holds a Bachelor’s degree in Development Studies from Kathmandu University.

Research by Bidhya Rai

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‘सडकको यो आवाज सुन’ bite from Sumnima Rai Karki’s Twitter

https://twitter.com/suminaraikarki/status/1360227197445758977

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Trigger Warning // Mentions of sexual assault, violence, and self-harm.

This episode is about reaching out to strangers in moments of distress - when you fear for your life or when you just need someone to talk to. Journalist Sewa Bhattarai brings you the story of Kabita, a helpline worker at the National Women’s Commission Helpline 1145. Kabita’s job entails receiving calls of distress from women, thousands of them, across Nepal who are subjected to different forms of violence every day.

This episode is part of a five-part series, Interrupting Spaces, produced by Boju Bajai in collaboration with the United Nations in Nepal.

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If you or anyone you know is suffering from gender-based violence, please CALL or SMS at 1145. You can also visit nwchelpline.gov.np to file an online form about your GBV incident.

For psychosocial counselling contact 1145

Or

Transcultural Psychosocial Organization (TPO) Nepal's toll free number between 8am to 6pm 1660 010 2005

For shelter services contact SAATHI: 9801038482, 9841607846, 9849544950

For child related services contact CWIN Nepal child helpline: 1098

Patan Hospital Helpline for Suicide Prevention: 9813476123

TUTH Suicide Hotline: 9840021600

If you are in need of LEGAL COUNSELLING, contact the following advocates of Legal Aid and Consultancy Center (LACC) and TPO Nepal (for Nuwakot) between 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Adv. Punyashila Dawadi 9841437949

Adv. Shakuntala Basnet 9841644515

Adv. Chandeshwori Tandukar 9841202275

Adv. Anjana Neupane 9860489403

Adv. Garima Pandey (Nuwakot) 9849491538

Credit:

Reported by Sewa Bhattarai.

Sewa is a bilingual journalist based in Nepal, working in radio and print media. Her main reporting focus is gender issues, and her other interests are arts and literature, environment, and rural Nepal. Follow Sewa on Twitter: @sewa_ditee

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