Chaar Kuna: Women Talking Across Borders

Late gram! It might be time to change our opening description, but the conversations continue. This time we're hearing from Mandira about her work and learning what climate change looks like in Nepal and the Himalayas. This episode was recorded a couple of month's ago just before the COP26. Sound: Bensound.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chaar-kuna/message

After a long hiatus the sisters are back. Will we get any serious answers from Manzari? And wherever did Bandana find these dudley questions? Sigh. Sound: Bensound.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chaar-kuna/message

Juni and Bandana are kept waiting by Manzari - raising ire and admiration. They talk about self growth and contemplate the difference between navel gazing and being self aware. Sound: Bensound.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chaar-kuna/message

Juni and Bandana discuss travel, places they want to visit, and of course COVID and vaccines. Bandana forbids Juni to talk about bus trips and they consider expelling their sisters from the podcast sisterhood. Sound: Bensound.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chaar-kuna/message

Bandana catches up with Ashley, a one-time-co-worker-now-smart-younger-friend, mommy to two cute doggies, and a half-Laotian beauty who is still living down the shame of dyeing her hair blond in high school! They talk about childhood, identity, navigating health care, and becoming your own best advocate. Sound: Bensound.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chaar-kuna/message

Manzari and Juni catch up their friends - sisters Itchya and Rakchya - the dynamic and accomplished Karki sisters. Engineer and entrepreneur, both whip smart and ambitious, they are funny as can be! Listen to these four friends talk about everything - from running businesses to contending with everyday sexism, joining the circus to who has the body of a stripper! (Yup, Mom and aunt were not part of this conversation!) Sound: Bensound.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chaar-kuna/message

We're remembering our mother and grandmother, Indira, in this short episode. It will take all our lifetimes to truly understand and appreciate her. For now we just miss her. Music: Bensound.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chaar-kuna/message

We love sister stories! Bandana talks to Connie who shares her own. Hear about genetic tests, keeping confidences, and bee keeping in Costa Rica! Check out our third episode. (Music: Bensound.com) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chaar-kuna/message

Bossy Bandana strikes again. Juni wants a prize. Mandira is concerned about proportions. And Manzari makes sage observations. Check out this bonus segment to tide you over till we drop a new episode on Monday! (Music: Bensound.com) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chaar-kuna/message

Juni catches up with Alexia, a friend she met in Paris while they were pursuing their PhDs. They talk about entrepreneurship, their PhD journey, making an impact in the world, and oh yeah, lemons and tequila. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chaar-kuna/message

Mandira, Bandana, Juni, and Manzari have a zoom meeting to plan and decide if they are going to, in fact, do a podcast. One of us can't get enough of pustakari, a hard, molasses candy that's as addictive as it is sweet.  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pustakari  (Music: bensound.com) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chaar-kuna/message

Get to know the women of Chaar Kuna! From favorite movies to childhood memories to our birth orders, Juni, Mandira, Manzari, and Bandana catch up with each other. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chaar-kuna/message

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