A DRINK WITH MERI & MINA

Happy Christmas everyone! We all have Christmas traditions, especially us non Christians who celebrate it more for fun than for religious reasons. When we invited two of our dear friends who have been celebrating Christmas all their lives, we were expecting to be educated on some religious reasons and beliefs but instead we learned about CHRISTINGLE! In this hilarious episode, Emily talks about he...

Have you planned your funeral yet? With any death, there's bound to be emotional chaos, which we addressed in our last episode. In the midst of all that comes the administrative and logistical chaos of registering death, closing down all affairs, planning the funeral and let's not forget the unexpected costs in thousands. So, let us ask you again, have you planned your funeral yet?

Have you ever told yourself  "I will tell them tomorrow, they are around anyway." In one of our most emotional episodes so far, Pushpa describes a range of emotions you feel when you suddenly lose someone close. She speaks about how the loss highlights all the missed opportunities to know them better, the guilt of leaving things unsaid but also the struggle to utter words to loved ones, who a...

Puking down the toilet, pounding headache and morning after shits! We have all had one too many that has led to moments with instant regrets but are funny stories for until years later. We share our funniest drunk memories but also briefly explore how alcohol is so deeply rooted in our culture hiding behind statements like “Jaatai le diyeko”. We also look at our bitter sweet relationship with alco...

Boarding school or staying in hostel is very common for those Nepalese who did some of their schooling in Nepal. Some stay their whole school life whereas some go in for the last year which is usually compulsory.  A time where we are learning about the world around us and are vulnerable in so many ways, most of our childhood (especially those who stay in for a long time) is spent under superv...

We did not just stop on Dashain, we have also got you another festive treat, Tihar- The festival of lights! Collectively we share our fond childhood memories and give an insight into ways of celebrating this wonderful festival. We discuss how it is the same festival but the regional and age gap makes the celebration different.  Meri celebrates it with lots of religious traditions whilst Mina...

IT'S OUR BIGGEST FESTIVAL!! We talk all things about Dashain; the values we hold dear, the ones we want to change, the ones that excite us and the ones that we don't practise anymore. The way we celebrate Dashain has definitely changed for a lot of us over the years especially after moving abroad. We touch on the values that we want to pass on and also educate ourselves about the ones we are not s...

We all have had various jobs in our lives, from part-time ones during college to now slaving away full time. This episode is a journey down memory lane of the funniest and the weirdest stories of our work history. From perverted to literally shitty, bloody encounters, we shamelessly share and laugh our way through a collection of moments. Our only aim this time is to make you laugh but if you can...

We finally jumped on the bandwagon of the infamous 16 personality types test. Mina & Meri are polar opposites in many ways, yet we discover that our common grounds are more than we had imagined. This episode is a analysis of who we are, who we were and who we want to be. Have you given the test a go? Was it accurate?

A woman's journey of motherhood doesn't start when she's pregnant. It starts way before that with lots of unanswered questions. Do I want to be a mother? Will I be a good one? Will my child turn out alright?  This episode is less about the rosy and more about the dark side of motherhood. A conversation difficult to be had and even more difficult to speak out loud without judgements.

When we started this podcast, we wanted to one day win our audience's trust enough for them to share their intimate issues with us and also secretly wished that they would ask for our advice. We didn't think we would get a request like that this early in our journey but we gladly accepted and here we are, being the agony aunts you asked for but with a slight humour. Thank you to everyone who sent...

When we found out that a girl who has just got her first period watched our YouTube video in an attempt to understand the less spoken realities of it, we thought we should have an honest discussion about puberty!! We have all been through this but having a healthy discussion about it was non existent and frankly speaking, a little more guidance from adults about how it really feels, would have hel...

Any immigrant, bilingual child has faced these problems, the constant tug of war between two languages. As children of immigrants, we had to learn adaptation skills growing up. Soaking up new culture and language was part of our education but it comes with a trade off; the struggle to preserve our own. In this episode, we look at factors beyond lack of practice and exposure to our own language tha...

We had some feedbacks from you all saying our podcast hasn't been juicy in a while. Juicy details you asked, juicy details you get! We talk about all our past relationships and share the fun and also the sour parts of it.  Thanks to all the hard lessons we learned has taught and is still teaching us the fine balance of interdependence and compromise. And as usual, we share them all here.

Weddings are so important and costly in our culture, even a pandemic couldn’t postpone them. This episode is all about what we love or hate about asian weddings. As much as the younger generation are breaking boundaries of how weddings happen and with who, we shouldn’t forget to talk about how it has changed from being a forced to a more subtle, arranged (majority) ones. We also share our dream we...

Were you the DUFF, designated ugly fat friend of the group? If not, you may have unintentionally enjoyed some form of "pretty girl" privilege. People often want the best of everything, be it clothing, fruit or veg in the market. However, it doesn't end there.  In this hilarious podcast, Meri describes the difference in treatment they faced as a DUFF and she is joined by Manaslu, her sister an...

Meri and Mina may be different at many aspects but we are also similar in some levels. One striking similarity is our rocky relationship with one of our parents. Fun fact: we have both either walked out or been kicked out from the family home. Growing up, we all have rebelled against our parents in some ways or other, especially in an immigrant family where the values that we are exposed to inside...

Went to Uni to study something you didn't want because it's a respected profession in the society? And then after graduation either struggled to find a job or even when employed, struggled to find interest in your job? Or may be your interest changed but struggling to follow your heart because so many years and so much money has been invested?  We have all felt the pressures of following the...

In this episode, we discuss yet another trending topic that is not only close to our heart but also directly affects our community. We discuss : 1. Our personal experiences of hate crime and exclusion in the UK, 2. The recent government report by the commission on race and ethnic disparities about institutional racism in the UK, We also invite PC P Sunuwar from Hampshire Police Crime and Commissio...

What was the rage about? Are men generalised?  Can men unintentionally act in way that makes women feel unsafe? Hear our personal experience of sexual assaults and our thoughts on radical feminism. Listen with an open mind to educate yourself and learn simple tips on how you can contribute towards creating a safe society for women of your lives. Send us some love, feedback and comments throug...

It is a popular topic for numerous podcasts, videos, poems, movies……   The list is long but here’s our take on it. Our body weights have been on the opposite side of the scale all our lives, yet we faced our own fair share of body shaming.   It degrades our self-esteem equally no matter the size, shape or colour.    In this episode, we open up about the type of body shaming we...

As with every global event, there are rumours bound to spread and when rumours spread, the facts can get diluted, twisted and misunderstood. When the world had little knowledge about who Covid-19 affected and how, there were plenty of guesses made and shared with very little fact checking.    One year down the line, health service and science still continue their research to understand t...

Growing up in a conservative society where sex is a taboo subject, we explored adulthood with little or incorrect knowledge about it.  To this day, people are tight lipped about appropriate and necessary sex education.    This episode entails a candid discussion and intimate details about our journey of learning and unlearning everything about sex.    It’s our little effor...

When the pandemic hit, one of us got thrown right at the frontline whereas the other has had to isolate five times so far.  One's workload doubled overnight but the other lost hers.  The two come together to share their emotional rollercoaster and the life lessons this pandemic has taught.