Episodes
Published 01/14/23
In the latest episode of the Untold Stories Podcast, we sit down with Sudarshan Sharma , the Executive Director of the Bhutanese Community of Central Ohio - BCCO. Sudarshan shares his journey in social work, including his education and experience in the field, as well as his involvement in non-profit organizations. One of the main topics discussed during the interview is the resettlement of Bhutanese refugees in Central Ohio. Sudarshan discusses the challenges and successes of this process,...
Published 01/14/23
In this Episode of Untold Stories Podcast, we will be listening to Kaushila Khanal's story. Kaushila Khanal is truly a definition of hard work, discipline, dedication, passion, and a person with a vision to change the world, who does not have the word Give Up in her dictionary. Kaushila is a 4th  degree black belt in Taekwondo, USA Taekwondo Referee, Lyricist, dancer, mother of two kids and has master degree in Public Health from DeVry University. In addition to everything she does and gets...
Published 11/04/22
अनटोल्ड स्टोरीज पोडकास्टको यो एपिसोडमा हामी डा. लक्ष्मीनारायण ढकाल र ज्योतिष पदम ढकालसँग अमेरिकामा दशैं तिहार जस्ता चाडपर्व नेपाल भन्दा एकदिन पहिला किन पर्छ भन्ने विषयमा कुरा गर्नेछौं। डा. लक्ष्मी ढकालको जन्म भुटानको दागापेलामा भएको थियो । ९० को दशकको प्रारम्भमा डा. ढकाल र उनको परिवार भुटानबाट विस्थापित भएर नेपालको शरणार्थी शिविरमा बसे। नेपालमा रहँदा डा ढकालले भारतमा अध्ययन जारी राखे र बनारस हिन्दू विश्वविद्यालयबाट दर्शनशास्त्रमा पीएचडी गरे। उनले भारतको दिल्लीमा संस्कृत गुरुको रूपमा अध्यापन...
Published 10/21/22
In this Episode of Untold Stories Podcast, we will be listening to Aiti  Rai's story. Aiti Rai is a Bhutanese youth who is very actively involve in many Bhutanese social projects and activities and thrive to create a better society. Aiti has bachelors degree in Political Science focused in International Politics from Wesleyan University. She currently works at Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Service (IRIS) as a case manager in Hartford, Connecticut. Aiti’s recent project was her...
Published 09/25/22
In this Episode of Untold Stories Podcast, we will be listening to Sujan Upreti's story. Sujan Upreti is a recent high school graduate from McCaskey High School who is ready to attend Temple University from Fall 2022 majoring in Journalism. Sujan was born in the refugee camp in Nepal and migrated to US with his family when he was 5 Years old. Regardless refugee background in the new country with full of culture shocks, Sujan always pushed himself up to be involved in many projects and...
Published 08/07/22
In this Episode of Untold Stories Podcast, we will be listening to Govinda Phuyel's story. Govinda Phuyel is a very well known singer, lyricist, composer, recordist, music teacher and musician who plays instrument like flue, piano, etc. Mr. Phuyel’s interest on music was from his early school years, when he was as young as 13. Govinda’s passion for music was very evident when he started skipping regular classes to take music courses. In more than 2 decades of musical journey, Govinda has...
Published 07/01/22
In this Episode of Untold Stories Podcast, we will be listening to Indra Timsina's story. Indra Timsina is a Settlement Counsellor at Multi-cultural Council of Windsor, Former Program Coordinator for Children's Forum in Bhutanese Refugee Camp and a Community Leader who has been serving Bhutanese Community for over 3 decades. ⭐FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA! ►Facebook          ►Instagram          ►Twitter ⭐FOLLOW CHABI DHAKAL ON SOCIAL MEDIA! ►Facebook          ►Instagram         ...
Published 06/17/22
In this Episode of Untold Stories Podcast, we will be listening to Hari Dahal's story. Hari Dahal is a top class app developer, software engineer  and an emerging entrepreneur in the tech world, who is currently employed with one of the best and biggest institutions, Microsoft. HK who resides in Cleveland, Ohio was born and raised in a refugee camp in Nepal. HK and his company is behind some of the biggest and well known Bhutanese business and charity  app such as Intra Foundation, Barsa...
Published 05/27/22
In this Episode of Untold Stories Podcast, we will be listening to Ramesh Diyali's story. Ramesh Diyali is a writer, actor, music video model, director and a social worker who came to the United States from Nepal, after living more than a decade in refugee camp. In this episode we primarily focus in exploring Ramesh’s journey as an author. Ramesh shared his interesting untold stories about his inspiration and background  to write those two books. ⭐FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA! ►Facebook     ...
Published 05/13/22
In this episode we will be hearing Madhav Acharya's Untold Stories. Madhav Acharya is a true story of an American dream who came to the US as a refugee immigrant from Nepal with no money, and became very successful businessman with multi million worth of assets in his name in less than 10 years. At one point Madhav had owned and/or leased 14 gas stations in various parts of Texas. In this episode we explore Madhav’s journey from juggling 3 jobs for living to successfully building multimillion...
Published 04/29/22
In this episode we will be hearing Chuda Bajgai's Untold Stories. Chuda Moni (CM) Bajgai is a community volunteer/leader social activist, small business owner, real estate investor and Executive director of Associate of Bhutanese in Canada. CM, is originally from Bhutan, who lived in Goldhap refugee Camp, Nepal for more than 15 years before migrating to Canada. In this Episode CM shared very interesting untold stories from his time in the refugee camp. CM was very active in societal and...
Published 04/15/22
In this episode we will be hearing Singer Kishor Siwakoti's Untold Stories. Kishore Siwakoti is an amazing singer, composer, musician, lyricist, music teacher and a social/community leader who has been contributing to Nepali music for more than a decade. Kishore Siwakoti who spent more than 15 years in Refugee camp in Nepal is one of thousands of Nepali Bhutanese who were displaced from Bhutan in early 1990s. In this Podcast, Kishoreji shares his never told stories about his musical journey...
Published 04/09/22
In this episode we will be hearing Khagen Ghimirey's Untold Stories. Khagen is a community leader, proud father of two, real estate investor and a top car salesman in Central Pennsylvania. Khagen who was born in Bhutan and grew up in Goldhap Refugee camp in Nepal, came to Virginia, USA in 2009. Even though, English is not the first language for Khagen, he has successfully broke the ceiling of language barrier and took a job in the sales and became very successful in very short period time. In...
Published 04/01/22
In this episode we will be hearing Gopal's Untold Stories. Gopal Chhetri is a fitness trainer, an athlete, an amazing husband and a father and a professional body builder. He is the first Bhutanese American to ever compete in the professional body building completion in the USA. Gopal has become Mr. Buffalo by winning body building competition in Bufallo, New York. He has also participated in various state and national level completion in Ohio, Pennsylvania and many other states. ⭐FOLLOW US...
Published 03/25/22
In this episode we will be hearing Eric Giri's Untold Stories. Eric Giri is a popular singer, composer, and a lyricist from Canada. Eric had interest in music from very young age and had even published his first Album in Nepal before migrating to Canada. After moving to Canada, he have sung, composed and produced many songs and music videos collaborating with popular musician and artist from Nepal. Beside music, Eric is a successful Realtor and enjoying his new career. ⭐FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL...
Published 03/18/22
In this episode, we will he listening to Kalpana Khatiwada's inspiring Untold Stories about escape from Postpartum depression to determination for building a successful Digital business. Kalpana Khatiwada is an entrepreneur, successful business woman and a mother who lives in Ottawa, Canada. She started her digital online business during a very difficult time while having a baby and dealing with a postpartum depression. Through her online business, Kalapa makes a good living and currently...
Published 03/11/22
In this episode we will be hearing Bikash's Untold Stories. Bikash Chuwan is a young and talented model, aspiring actor and a popular personality in Tiktok who lives in Virginia. He was born and grew up in the refugee camp in Nepal before moving to the United States. Bikash, who had interest in acting and dancing from the very young age, started his acting career through popular TV serial, Parichay, which aired in Nepal Television. Later, Bikash was also a part of another popular TV serial,...
Published 03/06/22
In this episode we will be listening to Ram Upreti's Untold Stories. Ram Upreti is the founder and CEO of Nepali Finder App, who currently resides in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is a young and talented entrepreneur who have been involved in few other products and programs launch in the past. Through his newly developed App, Nepali Finder, Ram has a vision to bring all the Nepali owned businesses in the world under one umbrella of Nepali Finder and serve Nepali people throughout the globe. ⭐FOLLOW...
Published 02/25/22
In this episode we will be hearing Julia's Untold Stories. Julia Baraily is a young entrepreneur who is a Co-founder and CEO of Mortgage Bazar. Julia, who started as a Mortgage Officer in the industry, was able to start her own mortgage company, Mortgage Bazaar, within two years in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Julia didn’t have an easy path to success. She was born in a refugee camp in Nepal and lived there for more than 10 years before migrating to the United States. Julia is an inspiration to...
Published 02/18/22
This is the intro episode where we talk about why we started this podcast, how we started and what is our goal through this podcast. Please listen to the end and please add your comments/thoughts on the comment section. ⭐FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA! ►Facebook          ►Instagram          ►Twitter ⭐FOLLOW CHABI DHAKAL ON SOCIAL MEDIA! ►Facebook          ►Instagram           ►Twitter ⭐FOLLOW SAGAR DANGAL ON SOCIAL MEDIA! ►Facebook          ►Instagram ⭐LISTEN TO OUR PODCAST ON YOUR FAVOURITE...
Published 02/10/22