Viva Nepal

Nepal never became a part of the British Empire and here's the story on how Nepal managed to stay that way. Author Amish Raj Mulmi's article "Why did the British not colonize Nepal" was one of the main sources of information for this podcast. Music Credit • Synthetic Bumper By Joseph McDade Link: transistor.fm

In 2008, Koushal Niroula and a few others got together and murdered a Palm Springs retiree, Clifford Lambert. This is a story of "The dark Prince" who wanted everyone to think he was "The Prince of Nepal", how he got into committing crimes involving millions of dollars and at last, got caught in a murder and is serving a LWOP prison sentence at a Northern California prison. Music credit: • Impact Prelude by Kevin MacLeod • License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Synthetic Bumper •By Joseph McDade •Link: transistor.fm

Charles Shobhraj, also known as "The Bikini Killer" and "The Serpent", spent years in prison in India. Free at last, he went back to Paris but something brought him back to the place where he had murdered a couple of tourists in the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal. In 2003, he was arrested in Nepal and tried for the murders he committed in the 70's. This is the story of "The Bikini Killer". Music credits: Peace of Mind by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4199-peace-of-mind License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Synthetic Bumper By Joseph McDade Link: transistor.fm

In B.S. 2038, a gruesome murder of three young girls in Pokhara shook the nation of Nepal. This is a story about what led to the incident and what followed thereafter. Details of the incident were collected from various reporting of the incident in numerous media, and also from a book by Kishor Shrestha called "दरबार काण्डपछि दबाइएको अर्को हत्याकाण्ड" which I can't recommend enough. Credits: Music Impact Prelude by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7565-impact-prelude License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Synthetic Bumper By Joseph McDade Link: transistor.fm

Sits atop a hill in Mussorie, Uttarakhand, India, this building called Nepal House. The history of this building takes us back to Nepalese history going back almost two centuries. Music Credits: •White by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4626 white License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Synthetic Bumper By Joseph McDade Link: transistor.fm

Within a few hours from Pokhara valley, there's this place called Australian camp where you can get a taste of Annapurna Base Camp trail and just not hike as much. If you don't have several days for ABC trek, then Australian camp is where you wanna be. A short detail about this place and how to get there.