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Nepali Politics on Asia Pacific Forum, 99.5 FM, New York
Nepali politics seldom receives the kind of coverage in the international media as Nepalis and Nepali journalists hope for it to. Usually it takes something extraordinary, such as the Constituent Assembly Election of April 10, or a King stepping down and becoming the 'former king.' An uprising gets attention too as does a massacre.
When, over the weekend and then on Monday, Nepal completed its election of the country's first President and Vice President, it barely made a blip on the radars of international editors. The team at Asia Pacific Forum noticed it too, and invited me back to their studios to follow up on the conversation that had started in April when they had first invited me on air to talk about the CA polls.
You can listen to yesterday's conversation on Nepal on Asia Pacific Forum, WBAI 99.5 FM, here. This week our podcast, In Conversation, will have fresh reports from the ground also.
Please note that on Asia Pacific Forum I say that MJF is the third largest party in the CA. It is third only if the largest party, the Maoist, is not counted. Otherwise, it is the fourth largest party with 54 seats. Maoists have 229, Nepali Congress 115 and UML 108 of the 601 member CA.
About Asia Pacific Forum:
Asia Pacific Forum is the progressive pan-Asian radio show broadcast every Tuesday night from 8-9pm on WBAI 99.5 FM in New York City and live on the web. It covers underreported stories from Asia, as well as Asian American politics and culture. Their guests have included Arundhati Roy, Gary Locke, Jessica Hagedorn, Tariq Ali, Yuri Kochiyama, David Henry Hwang, Monique Truong, Edward Said, Maxine Hong Kingston, Vijay Prashad, Cathi Tactaquin, Zia Mian, Grace Lee Boggs, Vivek Bald, Phil Tajitsu Nash, Bhairavi Desai, Lois-Ann Yamanaka, Monami Maulik, Margaret Fung, Robin D.G. Kelley, Shashi Tharoor, Joo-Hyun Kang, Mike Honda, Vandana Shiva, John Liu, Stacey Ann Chin, Jeff Chang, DJ Rekha, and Asian Dub Foundation.
Asia Pacific Forum airs on WBAI 99.5 FM in New York City. WBAI is part of the Pacifica Foundation, a national radio network founded in 1946 with additional affiliates in Houston, Los Angeles, Berkeley, and Washington, D.C. Pacifica is a non-commercial, listener-sponsored network founded on a strong community role in each individual station.
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it’s third if the largest party is not counted! haha
innovative way to admit a mistake.
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Its great to see Nepal getting attention and well represented by young Nepalis abroad.
Thanks for the updates, Asia Pacific Forum and Samudaya!