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Stuff Mom Never Told You

Feminists Around the World: Nirvana Bhandary

Stuff Mom Never Told You

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.24.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Today we spotlight the work of Nepali agitator, activist, writer and filmmaker Nirvana Bhandary.

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:04.0

What I told people, I was making a podcast about Benghazi.

0:08.5

Nine times out of ten, they called me a masochist, rolled their eyes, or just asked, why?

0:15.1

Benghazi, the truth became a web of lies.

0:18.5

From prologue projects and Pushkin Industries, this is Fiasco, Benghazi.

0:23.9

What difference at this point does it make?

0:27.4

Listen to Fiasco, Benghazi, in the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:40.3

Hey, this is Annie.

0:41.1

And Samantha.

0:43.4

And welcome to Stuff Never Told You, production of IHeartRadio.

1:04.1

And today, for our feminist around the world, we are talking about Nepali feminist writer, filmmaker, advocate, and storyteller, and so much more, of course, with all the people as we talk about.

1:14.2

Nirvana Bandari. So Bandari is a seasoned writer and journalist who's been working to advocate for the rights of women and queer people in her community.

1:16.6

She actually calls herself an agitator.

1:23.4

And I've listened to many interviews when she talks about this, more so than an activist because she knows that her conversations.

1:26.4

This conversation alone ruffles a lot of feathers.

1:28.1

She talks about it agitates men. When she talks about feminism. The word alone causes a lot of agitation. And yes, we know this. We know this,

1:34.1

especially today. And she claims it. She likes it. She goes with it. And I love everything about it.

1:40.7

We love everything about claiming what people would criticize you with. And it's

1:46.3

such a big talk when she's talking about feminism and women's rights. She makes sure that she

1:51.2

pinpoints that as the focal reason of what she is doing. And here's what she writes about herself.

1:57.4

In her upcoming book, y'all, by the way, Unsenskari, a feminist life. So

2:02.6

Sonskari is a Hindi word that is kind of like a badge of honor or based on the person's behavior.

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