Boju Bajai in conversation with journalist Bidhya Rai. We talk about her experience being a woman inside and outside the newsroom, her journey from Bhojpur to Kathmandu, and why her relationship with social media has deteriorated over the years. Bidhya is an award-winning journalist who has consistently reported on stories about the most marginalised communities in Nepal through an intersectional lens, from disability rights to cyber security, gender and climate change. In 2023, she won a South Asia Laadli Media Awards for gender sensitive reporting. This conversation was recorded in May 2023.  Bidhya is a reporter at Kantipur. 

You can follow Bidhya Rai on
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bidhya.bantawa2053/ 

Here’s a list of Bidhya’s stories: 

‘लैगिंक हिंसा रोक्न गर्न लगानी बढाउनुपर्छ’, Kantipur
https://ekantipur.com/news/2023/11/27/investment-to-prevent-gender-violence-57-35.html?author=1

महिला तथा बालिकामाथि अनलाइन हिंसाको कहर, Kantipur, https://ekantipur.com/news/2023/11/26/the-ravages-of-online-violence-against-women-and-girls-47-32.html?author=1 

चौथो अंग : पत्रकारितामा भविष्य छैन भनेर सिनियर पत्रकारले निरुत्साहित गराउँदा नयाँ पुस्ता डराए, Ukeraa, https://ukeraa.com/news/detail/143407/

Bhojpur farmers vexed by falling productivity, The Kathmandu Post
https://kathmandupost.com/money/2018/01/08/bhojpur-farmers-vexed-by-falling-productivity

विमानस्थलको होडबाजीमा एक दशकमा डेढ अर्ब खर्च, Kantipur https://ekantipur.com/news/2024/01/15/one-and-a-half-billion-spent-in-a-decade-on-airport-gambling-03-16.html
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#95 Guff Gaff with Bidhya Rai

A very special Valentine's Day episode dedicated to our lovely listeners who have been with us for the last eight years! Thank you so much for being part of our laugh and guff gaff. It feels like we’ve actually become boju and bajai in podcast years. So your grannies next door are a bit tired, and desperately in need of some aaram, and will be going on a season break after this episode. We will use this time to work on new projects, hopefully, different from what you have seen/heard in the last eight years. 
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This is also a perfect opportunity for you to listen to our past episodes (bojubajai.org/episodes), read our newsletter, and check out our videos on our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/bojubajai)
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Please don’t miss us much hai, cos हम हैं राही प्यार के, फिर मिलेंगे चलते चलते ;p See you after the season break.
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Related readings:

- A new global gender divide is emerging, Financial Times
 
https://www.ft.com/content/29fd9b5c-2f35-41bf-9d4c-994db4e12998

- Why is South Korea so conservative, a thread on X
https://twitter.com/HeejungChung/status/1752279887547601036

- Shame on you CAN! https://bojubajai.substack.com/p/take-20-shame-on-you-can

- Guff Gaff with wildlife researcher turned social entrepreneur Priya Joshi about her professional and personal journey, her complicated relationship with motherhood, and her attempt at creating a nurturing, kind online community for young Nepali mothers like her. 

https://bojubajai.org/episodes/88-guff-gaff-with-priya-joshi/

- Nursing pillows are associated with more than 160 infant deaths, NBC investigation finds

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nursing-pillow-baby-deaths-breastfeeding-infant-investigation-rcna97725

#96 हम हैं राही प्यार के

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