This time we talk about bros, who run everything from influential social media platforms to newsrooms and spiritual empires and their highly problematic views on gender among many things. We’ve been saying these things for the last SIX (!!!) years, but like always our daaju bhaais refuse to engage with any of the criticism cos that’s how they #thrive. If you would like to support our work, please consider being our patron here: www.patreon.com/bojubajai We also have a newsletter! Subscribe to Cold Takes by Boju Bajai on Substack at https://bojubajai.substack.com/ We will bring to you a weekly roundup of news and feminist views. Music credit: Boju Bajai theme music by Flekke Chaand Sitaare Parody ft. Lala Ramdev & Coronil | Srushti Tawade + @Official PeeingHuman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDqBK9eTReU Why This Kolaveri Di, Dhanush, Anirudh, Sony Music India, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR12Z8f1Dh8

This episode is all about online dating in the times of the rapidly increasing number of bideshiney mayalu haru. So how have dating apps made it easy or difficult to look for companionship for young Nepalis, and shifted attitudes towards dating? And how often does bidesh ko visa and bidesh ko degree come in the way of budding romance? Last year, over 1 lakh individuals received NOC (No Objection Certificate) to study abroad. त्यसले गर्दा यहाँ कतिजना प्रेमि प्रेमिकाहरुको बिछोड भयो होला? Sadness only hyapenn! So this episode is for all the विदेशिने/विदेशिएका मायालुहरु र उनीहरुका अधुरो love storiyaaaa. In our episode #61 ‘Love, Sex no Dhoka’, we talked about dating and courtship before the ear of internet. Listen to it here: https://bojubajai.org/episodes/61-love-sex-but-no-dhoka/ If you like our laugh and guff gaff, please do consider supporting our work on Patreon: www.patreon.com/bojubajai

Poets Yukta Bajracharya and Ujjwala Maharjan join Boju Bajai to talk about their friendship, their collaborative partnership, and why we need to learn to communicate better with our friends. Ujjwala Maharjan is a poet and educator from Kathmandu, Nepal. She is one of the co-founders of Word Warriors, a poetry group leading the spoken word movement in Nepal since its inception in 2010. Yukta Bajracharya (she/her) is a poet, educator and co-founder of Word Warriors, a spoken word poetry collective in Nepal, founded in 2010. She has performed poetry, facilitated spoken word poetry workshops and organized poetry slams and events all over Nepal. Here are some poems Yukta and Ujjwala have collaborated on: Privilege: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAuXiEAx93M (a)nagarik: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnjE8RkWvyg&t=17s If you like our laugh and guff gaff, please do consider supporting our work on Patreon: www.patreon.com/bojubajai