Chaar Kuna: Women Talking Across Borders

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Chaar Kuna means four corners in Nepali. Join four Nepali women living in four different cities in three continents as we connect to talk about life, careers, and the places where we live. Sister, mother, daughter, aunt, and niece to one another, we plan

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    • Dec 6, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 19m AVG DURATION
    • 13 EPISODES


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    It's Not Normal

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2021 14:20


    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

    Dudley Questions Fun

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2021 20:55


    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

    Navel Gazing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2021 17:37


    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

    Every Body is a Bikini Body

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2021 19:31


    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

    Awkward Silences are OK

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2021 40:35


    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

    The Karki Sisters

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 36:13


    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

    Remembrance

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2021 12:27


    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

    A Sister Story

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 20:06


    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

    It's All About the Proportions

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2021 2:53


    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

    About Tequila and PhDs

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 27:38


    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

    Pustakari Eaters

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2021 1:57


    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

    What is a podcast?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2021 39:45


    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

    Chaar Kuna Trailer

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2021 0:56


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