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How'd You Create That?
By Alfa M. ShakyaArts
How'd You Create That? episodes
- A painting about love and gender roles ft. Rashana Bajracharya
Rashana Bajracharya’s Lakshmi Narayan was first on display at Deities of Nepal II in 2024 at Nepal Art Council. The painting reimagines the divine couple Lakshmi and Narayan. Discover what inspired her to draw this and the story behind the painting. Rashana is a visual artist and an illustrator. She holds an MFA degree and a diploma in psychology and counseling.
Link to view the image of the painting: https://open.substack.com/pub/howdyoucreatethat/p/painting-that-tells-stories-ft-rashana?r=56fjva&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
How'd You Create That is an art podcast about the creative process and is supported by The Open Institute for Social Science.
Founder/Producer/Host - Alfa M. Shakya
Music - Shaurya Kshatri
41 min - Patan in pen and ink ft. Priyanka Singh Maharjan
Place has a special significance in Priyanka Singh Maharjan’s work. Her architectural drawings are alive and brimming with life. She joins this episode to share the process and inspiration behind her series ‘Somewhere I Come From' and three specific drawings. We also learn that Priyanka was studying to be a Chartered Accountant when a doodle changed everything.
Link to view the drawings: https://howdyoucreatethat.substack.com/p/patan-in-pen-and-ink-ft-priyanka
How'd You Create That is an art podcast about the creative process and is supported by The Open Institute for Social Science.
Founder/Producer/Host - Alfa M. Shakya
Sound Editing - Animesh Shrestha
Music - Shaurya Kshatri
40 min - Making of the anthology "Like A Rising River"
In our biggest ever group recording, we have the writers and illustrators of the story anthology Like A Rising River joining us to discuss how the anthology was made. We explore how writers navigated real-life stories that made it to the page, how illustrators made decisions on what styles to use, how pictures and words complement each other, and more. The first edition of the book was published in 2025 by Srijanalaya with the support of UN Women Nepal and the Government of Finland.
Link to the book (English): https://srijanalaya.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/small-nov23-ENG-UN-women-Anthology-Folder.pdf
Link to the book (Nepali): https://srijanalaya.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Urlando-Nadisari_nov12-UN-women-Anthology-compressed.pdf
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How'd You Create That is an art podcast about the creative process and is supported by The Open Institute for Social Science.
Founder/Producer/Host - Alfa M. Shakya
Sound Editing - Animesh Shrestha
Music - Shaurya Kshatri
1 hr 6 min - How an intuition turned me into a writer ft. Sneha Pradhan
Sneha Pradhan is a children's author and a visual storyteller. Her debut book, co-created with Promina Shrestha, "Yelp! Yeti! Chaos in Kathmandu" (Flying Eye Books) came out in 2025. The book is written by Sneha and illustrated by Promina. In this conversation we get to know about how an intuition snowballed her writing journey.
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How'd You Create That is an art podcast about the creative process and is supported by The Open Institute for Social Science.
Founder/Producer/Host - Alfa M. Shakya
Sound Editing - Animesh Shrestha
Music - Shaurya Kshatri
48 min - Writing, self-publishing, and feminism ft. Nirvana Bhandary
Nirvana Bhandary is a writer and filmmaker and in 2025 she self-published her first collection of essays titled "Unsanskari: A Feminist Life." This conversation is about how this book came to be, her journey with feminism, and some tips and tricks on self-publishing. You can purchase her book here: https://linktr.ee/Unsanskari
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How'd You Create That is an art podcast about the creative process and is supported by The Open Institute for Social Science.
Founder/Producer/Host - Alfa M. Shakya
Sound Editing - Animesh Shrestha
Music - Shaurya Kshatri
46 min - On creating, making, and becoming | S4
It's been two years since How'd You Create That started and we're backed with the 4th season. We continue the conversation on the enigma of creating art.
How'd You Create That is supported by The Open Institute for Social Science.
Producer/Host - Alfa M. Shakya
Sound Editing - Animesh Shrestha
Music - Shaurya Kshatri
3 min - Identity, art, and exploration ft. Mrigaja Bajracharya & Subidha Lama 'BLU'
In Nov 2024, How'd You Create That? was featured as a panel at the WOW Women of the World Festival, Nepal. We had two visual artsits Mrigaja Bajracharya and Subidha Lama 'BLU' join us on stage to talk about their journey in the arts, their creative process, and how to fund artistic endeavors .
The festival was organized by the British Council in collaboration with WOW Foundation and hosted by Kathmandu Metropolitan City. The panel was curated by The Open Institute for Social Science.
Video Link: https://youtu.be/ue0zM_c01zY
49 min - When fiction writing and journalism meet ft. Pranaya Rana
We’re here at the season finale of the third season. And for this episode we have a journalist and writer, Pranaya Rana. Pranaya has a wide range of journalism experience and is currently running Kalam Weekly (https://kalamweekly.substack.com), a current affairs newsletter about Nepal. We talk about how Pranaya’s love for fiction shapes his journalist writings.
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How'd You Create That? is supported by The Open Institute for Social Science (https://theopen.institute)
Producer/Host - Alfa M. Shakya
Sound Editing - Animesh Shreshta (Amax Inc)
Music - Shaurya Kshatri
Social Media - Sampada Regmi
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How’d You Create That?On Instagram: / howdyoucreatethat
On Substack: https://howdyoucreatethat.substack.com
On Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/np/podcast..
Write to us: [email protected]
48 min - Newa Childhood Stories on Pages ft. Rownika Shrestha
Childhood stories are special, and this episode is all about them. Poet and multilingual writer Rownika Shrestha joins to talk about a special story - about the Kartik Nach of Patan. Listen how heritage and childhood stories come together in her creative process. -How'd You Create That? is supported by The Open Institute for Social Science (https://theopen.institute)Producer/Host - Alfa M. ShakyaSound Editing - Animesh Shreshta (Amax Inc) Music - Shaurya KshatriSocial Media - Sampada Regmi-How’d You Create That?On Instagram: / howdyoucreatethat On Substack: https://howdyoucreatethat.substack.com On Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/np/podcast...Write to us: [email protected]
45 min - Fables, refabulations, and the human experience ft. Prawin Adhikari
Prawin Adhikari is one prolific writer, always writing, always working on the next project. He joins the podcast to talk about his latest book Budhani (SAFU). Budhani is based on Tharu folktales and is an exciting collaboration between two writers and languages. Prawin wrote the English version while Indu Tharu has written the Tharu version of the story. Prawin says he 'refabulated' the tales. Listen to explore what that means and some important tips on character crafting.
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How'd You Create That? is supported by The Open Institute for Social Science (https://theopen.institute)
Producer/Host - Alfa M. Shakya
Sound Editing - Animesh Shreshta (Amax Inc)
Music - Shaurya Kshatri
Social Media - Sampada Regmi
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How’d You Create That?
On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/howdyoucreatethat/
On Substack: https://howdyoucreatethat.substack.com
On Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/np/podcast/howd-you-create-that/id1721132707
Write to us: [email protected]
1 hr 8 min
About How'd You Create That?
From the publisher's feed
How'd You Create That? is a podcast about the creative process of making a work of art. If you've ever wondered how did someone create that, you're in the right place. Diving into the creative process of writers, artists, and creatives from Nepal.
This podcast is supported by The Open Institute for Social Science (https://theopen.institute).