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Herne Katha(TV show/series, 2018-)

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Herne Katha (Nepali: हेर्ने कथा) is a Nepali web series, directed by Bidhya Chapagain and Kamal Kumar and produced by Tana Bana Digital. The web series shows untold stories of ordinary people in the format of short documentaries. First episode of Herne Katha was aired in March 2018. Prior to co-founding Herne Katha, Bidhya Chapagain used to present a popular TV debate show called Sajha Sawal, produced by BBC Media Action in Nepal. Herne Katha team also produces documentary films, including 2022 award-winning short documentary film Bagh Ko Bangara. The Man Who Died Once, co-directed by Bidhya Chapagain and Kamal Kumar won the best documentary award in Nepal Panorama category in Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival 2018. ()
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Series of Short Documentaries about the people in Nepal. Untold stories of ordinary people.

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Herne Katha Seasons and Episodes

03/01/2018Season 1 - 115 episodes
#1 | 03/01/2018Eauta School ko Katha (Story of a School)
A day inside the restricted walls of a girls only Madarsa (muslim school) in southern Nepal.
#2 | 03/15/2018Chaukiniko Katha (The Mountain Guards)
When winter begins, whole village of Dhorpatan in Western Nepal migrates to another warmer place called Bowang. Only few women called 'Chaukini' are left in the village who guard the whole village during 5 cold months in the mountain.
#3 | 04/01/2018Story of Home
A family of Bhutanese Refugees re-settled in Canada since last 9 years revisit their old shelter camps in Eastern Nepal where they had spent two decades after fleeing Bhutan in the 1990s.
#4 | 04/15/2018Story of Gold
A day in the life of an ethnic community called Sonaha in Western Nepal. People from this community find gold on the bank of river with their bare hand using few traditional wooden tools.
#5 | 05/01/2018Story of Gold
Story of 72 year old Chandrabir Oli from Dang in Western Nepal. Who for 2 years, alone carved a road through forest and mountain to his home, so that his blind family members could walk.
#6 | 05/15/2018Hunters at Tea Garden
Rat hunting is a traditional profession of Satar (Santhal) community in Eastern Nepal. They hunt rats for food and fun.
#7 | 06/01/2018Story of Horse Groom
Story of people in a village in Western Nepal, who earn livelihood from horses.
#8 | 06/15/2018Story of Zubaida Khatoon
Zubaida Khatun, like most of her friends got married at the age of 14 when she was studying at grade 7. Zubaida's struggling journey from a girl married at early age to an aspiring politician in her area.
#9 | 07/01/2018A Dark Story
Some heart wrenching stories from the past and present from the Baadi women in western Nepal, whose primary profession is sex workers since ages.
#10 | 07/15/2018Story of Ward Number 22
Lives of people from Kinghariyan (Muslim) community in Nepalgunj of Western Nepal
#11 | 08/01/2018Story of Borderland
Lives of people living at the India-Nepal border in Jhapa in Eastern Nepal.
#12 | 08/15/2018Eklo Katha (A Lonely Story)
Story of a 12 year old boy who lives alone in a house.
#13 | 09/01/2018Babanpurka Gothala Haru
#14 | 09/15/2018Zindagiko Katha (Story of Life)
Zindagiko Katha (Story of Life) tells some painful stories of ups and downs of old people living in Bishranti Ashram in Mulghat in Dhankuta.
#15 | 10/01/2018Bau Chhoriko Katha
Story of a father and daughter from Eastern Nepal who make living from singing. Gandharbas (Gaine) are travelling musician with their instrument called Sarangi. We followed their musical journey all the way to Kurseong, Darjeeling in India.
#16 | 10/15/2018Raharko Katha
A physically disabled boy from a poor family in Achham district has strong desire to read and write.
#17 | 11/01/2018Story of Gajendra Sir
Jana Samyukta Primary School in Dhodeni Gumi was in the verge of merging with another school. One day, Gajendra Rana Magar arrived.
#18 | 11/15/2018Bhurti Gaunko Katha (Story of Bhurti Gaun)
Story of a village in Dailekh district in western Nepal, where all male members of family go to India to find work. It is difficult to find men in the village - Bhurti Gaunko Katha
#19 | 12/01/2018Kinarako Katha
Story of people in a village near Narayani River in Chitwan National Park, who make living from river and jungle.
#20 | 12/15/2018Rauteka Katha
Stories of the last group of a nomad community in Nepal known as 'Raute'
#21 | 01/01/2019Chudeli Gaunko Katha
Stories inside a small Muslim village called 'Chudeli Gaun' in Achham district in Western Nepal.
#22 | 01/15/2019Durga Bajyaiko Katha
#23 | 02/01/2019Head Mistriko Katha
Story of courage and struggle of Kamala Chaudhari, a former Kamlari (bonded labour) from Dang, western Nepal.
#24 | 02/15/2019Belly Blues
Story of a young boy seeking his identity, struggling with poverty, trying to win life.
#25 | 03/01/2019Netako Katha
Story of a Tharu woman from Dang, who happened to be a leader of her village.
#26 | 03/15/2019Jogiko Katha
Story of a 'Jogi' who walks out at night to make rounds of other's houses hymning mantras using their blowing horn to make conch like sound. It is believed that the mantras and the blowing horn scares away evil spirit and restores good luck. A long dated tradition in many communities in Nepal.
#27 | 04/01/2019Duita Katha
Duita Katha (Two Stories) shows lives of two different Nepali women in their own world, both from Western Nepal. Jhupri Kumari Bhandari from Achham and Himani Tharu from Bardiya.
#28 | 04/15/2019Akhada - Kustiko Katha
Padahari village in Palhinandan Gaupalika in Southern Nawalparasi is home to many Pahalwan (wrestler). Some of them are hobbyist and some of them are professional. The tradition of playing 'kusti' (wrestling) dates back to ancient age.
#29 | 05/01/2019Gaun Khane Katha
A long dated tradition of buying and selling whole village in Dom community in Southern plain of Nepal.
#30 | 05/15/2019Jhyaulika Juntara
Stories of girls from Rolpa and Dang, working at a brick factory in Kathmandu.
#31 | 06/01/2019Mayako Katha
A dog lover family in Kathmandu who have devoted everything they have for stray dogs and cats.
#32 | 06/15/2019Eauti Ketiko Katha
We followed the life of Sehenaj Khatun from Kathmandu to her village in southern Nepal. Sehenaj has given birth to 8 child at the age of 22.
#33 | 07/01/2019Aakashko Katha
#34 | 07/15/2019Ekadeshka Dakaharu
The changed life story of Dushad community from southern Nepal, who were famous for robbery and thievery, some 40 years ago.
#35 | 08/01/2019Biteka Katha
Stories of different characters who were involved in Maoist insurgency in Nepal.
#36 | 08/15/2019Eauta Yatrako Katha
We took a challenging journey to Gobargada village in Eastern Nepal, a small island created by the Koshi river.
#37 | 09/01/2019Sangeetko Katha
Stories of three different lives from Eastern Nepal who have befriended music. We met them at a music school run by Sunita Katwal in Itahari.
#38 | 09/15/2019Sapanako Katha
Chandranigahapur in southern Nepal is famous for it's women football team. Despite coming from poor families how the girls chased their dreams.
#39 | 10/01/2019Aaune Janeko Katha
Eighteen years ago, a young Maoist boy disappeared from a battlefield.
#40 | 10/15/2019Ghumanteko Katha
Story of a Shepherd and a Cowboy from Eastern Nepal who live nomadic life for the sake of food for their cattle.
#41 | 11/01/2019Ruwako Katha
A group of women from 33 to 72 years old, dream about performing a theater play. With no previous knowledge and experience on acting and theater, these women work hard for months. Finally they perform a play named ‘Ruwa (Cotton)'
#42 | 11/15/2019Maun Katha
Stories of hearing impaired people from Eastern Nepal.
#43 | 12/01/2019Buwako Katha
Story of Thaggu Chaudhary and his 3 year old daughter in Buwako Katha (A Father's Story)
#44 | 12/15/2019Panche Bajako Katha
Men from 'Damai' community in Rukum, Western Nepal played a set of instruments called 'Panche Baja' (Five Instruments)
#45 | 01/01/2020Baliyo Katha
#46 | 01/15/2020Taroko Katha
#47 | 02/01/2020Marphako Katha
Story of Marpha village in Mustang, Nepal - exploring its unique historical traditions.
#48 | 02/15/2020Bhedi Gothko Katha
Story of a shepherd family from the mountains of the western Nepal.
#49 | 03/02/2020Geetko Katha
#50 | 03/17/2020Bhariyako Katha
Story of porters from Pathibhara temple in Taplejung, Nepal who carry pilgrims on their back to make living.
#51 | 03/02/2021The Man Who Died Once
Two families from different parts of Nepal, unknown to each other, are connected by a fatal road accident in Saudi Arabia. 'Marisakeko Manchhe' (The Man Who Died Once) is a story of life and death, unimaginable sorrows, surprises and some measure of comfort and happiness.
#52 | 03/16/2021Senmikhako Katha
Story of Senmikha, a young shepherd from Chakhewa, Bhojpur.
#53 | 03/30/2021Thakurniko Katha
Story of Manjuliyadevi from Morang in Eastern Nepal, who inherited her husband's profession of traditional barber after his death.
#54 | 04/13/2021Simanta Katha
Stories of people and villages in the mountains of Eastern Nepal bordering India.
#55 | 04/27/2021Lahureko Gaunko Katha
Story of a abandoned village near Pokhara in Western Nepal.
#56 | 05/11/2021Matoko Katha
Stories of Bhutanese refugees in Nepal who want to go back to their country.
#57 | 05/25/2021Paaniko Katha
Extreme scarcity of drinking water in a small village in western Nepal. The story of water. Paaniko Katha.
#58 | 06/08/2021Koila Khaniko Katha
Stories inside the tunnels of coal mines in the mountains bordering Dang and Rolpa district in the mid west Nepal. Koila Khaniko Katha - Story of Coal Mine.
#59 | 06/22/2021Ramailo Katha
#60 | 07/06/2021Bhante ko Katha
By the age of 20, Abadesh didn't just dropped out of his college, he left his family life too. Nowadays, he is seen in a Geru dress far away from his home. His friends don't call him as Abadesh, brother anymore. He has become 'Bhikkhu Metteyya' now. Story of a Bhante from Lumbini.
#61 | 07/20/2021Bhadako Katha
Story of a beautiful Tharu village, Bhada in Kailali district of western Nepal.
#62 | 08/03/2021Antareko Katha
Story of a shepherd from Taplejung in Eastern Nepal.
#63 | 08/17/2021Ishwarko Katha
Colorful story from Western plain of Nepal bordering India, where a boy named Ishwar dresses as a woman and dances in parties to make a living for his poor family.
#64 | 08/31/2021Narainapurko Katha
Story of traditional Laathi Khel (Stick fighting) from Narainapur a small town bordering India in western plains of Nepal.
#65 | 09/14/2021Chehimko Katha
Stories of old Limbu people from East Nepal who are prepared to die and celebrate death.
#66 | 09/28/2021Sol Kharkako Katha
Story of a challenging journey to meet a couple who are herding buffaloes in the middle of an isolated forest on top of a hill near Pokhara, Kaski.
#67 | 10/12/2021Machhagaunko Katha
Story of a 'Fish Village' in Bara, Bodhban. The villagers are switching to fish farming as it provides higher return compared to other traditional farming.
#68 | 10/26/2021Asoj 5 ko Katha
Most of the villagers in this part of Baglung (western hills), stay in hilly areas to feed their cattle for around 6 months. As the weather gets cold, they return to their village with their cattle's and belongings on the last week of September, to be exact, on 'Asoj 5.' This is the tradition that the villagers are following from decades. In this episode of Herne Katha, we have followed the villager's journey back to the village.
#69 | 11/09/2021Kabitako Katha
Story of a cricketer's journey with some ups and downs.
#70 | 11/23/2021Gyan Sirko Katha
Story of a dedicated teacher who has transformed a government school in his village to an exemplary school in the area.
#71 | 12/07/2021Sugandhi Katha
Story of a happy family built of love, passion and struggle, from southern Nepal.
#72 | 12/21/2021Biheko Katha
We followed a traditional wedding ceremony in a remote village in Jumla district, Karnali Province, in Western Nepal.
#73 | 01/04/2022Gaun Farkaneko Katha
Story of an aspiring musician who left Kathmandu and started farming in his own village with likeminded friends.
#74 | 01/18/2022Seto Chini ko Katha
We followed a mountain village to it's journey to collect medicinal herb called Seto Chini, also known as Khiranglo and Hidde in local language.
#75 | 02/01/2022Lahureko Sapanako Katha
Story of Deu Kumar Rai, an ex British Gurkha, now following some dreams back in his home village in Eastern Nepal.
#76 | 02/15/2022Chefako Katha
For many years, people in eastern Nepal are risking their lives to transport bamboo through Koshi (one of the largest rivers) and sell them in southern plains. One fine morning, Herne Katha team joined this adventurous river trip of villagers from Udaypur and witnessed the hardships, struggles and smiles of the bamboo rafters.
#77 | 03/01/2022Bauwako Katha
Story of friendship, family and love: Bauwa- a tailor from Birgunj, Nepal.
#78 | 03/15/2022Doctor Gaun ko Katha
A small Yadav settlement in Morang district in Eastern Nepal has produced nearly 30 doctors. How the village of farmers did this?
#79 | 03/29/2022Kulalbada Ko Katha
Kulalbada, a small Dalit settlement near Jumla Bazar is changing slowly. The story of Kulalbada tells more.
#80 | 04/12/2022Giddha Ko Katha
We have been telling the stories of people for a long time. Let's watch the stories of birds and animals too. In this episode, we are going to tell the story of vultures. Searching for the stories of vultures, we have travelled all around Pokhara. We, sometimes, travelled to the Seti river bank and sometimes, we waited for vultures at the vulture restaurant situated at Ghachowk.
#81 | 04/26/2022Sainoko Katha
Story of an amazing relationship between Durga Paudel and Mala Tamang which started more than 30 years ago in a small village in Eastern Nepal.
#82 | 05/10/2022Dolpa Jane Batoko Katha
We took an adventurous and difficult journey from Jumla to Dolpa in the Karnali region. Met people who have to walk for 2 days to reach Jumla from Dolpa.
#83 | 05/24/2022Tapuko Katha
Life in small islands (Srilanka Tapu, Jampani Tapu) made by Koshi river in Eastern Nepal.
#84 | 06/07/2022Harayeko Batoko Katha
We have tried to explore the abandoned walking routes to Jomsom, Mustang. The trails used by trekkers, mules, and pilgrims have been replaced by motorable roads these days.
#85 | 06/21/2022Rubberko Katha
#86 | 07/05/2022Sangam Ko Katha
We humans are driven by stories. It is stories that connect us, and stories that drift us apart. There is a group of people who have arrived in Pokhara with their own tales. There is a difference in what they do to survive and what they do to live a life. To survive, some of these people run a pharmacy, some sing folk lore, some paint the walls of houses, and some are artists. However, in order to live, they all sing songs; Songs of People.
#87 | 07/19/2022Bhote Gaunko Katha
People from 12 villages in northern Mugu have migrated to Jumla in search of a better life. After all, how long can one live walking the trails of snow? But when they moved their homes, they didn’t just leave behind the memories of cold sorrows; they lost their language, they lost their identity.
#88 | 08/02/2022Ama ko Katha
The wrinkles of her smile hide the signs of her age. The children playing around her look like butterflies in a garden, swarming around their favorite flower. She then transforms into a little child herself, running after them.
#89 | 08/18/2022Julabi Chowk ko Katha
No matter where life wanders, it is the memories that follow you. Julabi Chowk of Sundarharaicha, Morang reminisces the shadows and colors of the hills it left behind.
#90 | 09/02/2022Mitho Katha
Mitho Katha, directly translates as "A Sweet Story". A story about a mother and her son, who, despite their bitter past experiences have rewritten their life story, filling it with infinite sweetness.
#91 | 09/20/2022Paani Magne Katha
Godpasara village of Parsa district did not receive enough rainfall this monsoon. The paddy in the fields have withered. The soil is parched. Six years ago, they faced a similar drought in the village. When it happened again this year, the villagers decided to pray for water.
#92 | 10/04/2022Baganko Katha
During the British Colonization, indigenous people from Jharkhand, India were transported in trucks and tractors to work in the tea plantations of Assam and West Bengal in North-East India. They, who left their soil, cultivated treasures in these gardens. Generations passed.
#93 | 10/18/2022Sikaribasko Katha
Before reaching Thori of Parsa district through the Hulaki highway, a narrow unpaved road leads us towards a dense forest. After passing through the thick forest, we reach a village. It is surrounded by Chitwan on one side and Parsa National Park on the other. This village in the forest is called the 'home of hunters'.
#94 | 10/27/2022Didi Bhai ko Katha
There is a small family in Ladiya village of Danabaari, Ilam. A family of three siblings, Anisha, Anish and Anup. After losing both their parents, they have had to learn how to be each other’s guardians.
#95 | 11/15/2022Safar ko Katha
Bagwana village is located at the edge of the forest, approximately 27 km from Birgunj metropolis. Every morning, two buses leave from the village to the city. One belongs to Asiya Devi and the other to Sadhana Devi. Asiya and Sadhana are the owners, and the conductors of their buses.
#96 | 12/22/2022Bahundangi ko Katha
Story of years long conflict between humans and elephants in Bahundangi, Jhapa.
#97 | 01/05/2023Barekotko Katha
Our destination was Mugu. But the weather had the last word. We changed our route after the rain washed away parts of the Karnali Highway. Barekot, the northern part of Jajarkot, became our new destination.
#98 | 01/19/2023Post-mortem ko Katha
A person is a person as long as they are alive. After death, one becomes a dead body. “Where does one’s soul go after death?” Vishwanath Harijan does not have time for these questions. All he knows is that a person is taken to the morgue after death. However, he himself goes to the morgue alive.
#99 | 02/02/2023Jungle ko Katha
A group of technicians are gearing up to enter the forests of Bardiya National Park. Their job is to count tigers.
#100 | 02/16/2023Ghanaghasyako Ukalo Feri Katda
Half a century ago, Taranath Sharma walked from Jhulaghat, Baitadi to Dadeldhura. His account of this difficult journey, "Ghanaghasya ko Ukalo Katda" was also included in the older Nepali textbook. Now, 55 years later, we decided to take the same journey up the steep hills of Ghanaghasya.
#101 | 03/02/2023Kumaon ko Katha
It has been generations since people left the mountains of sorrow in Nepal to find happiness in the mountains of India.
#102 | 03/25/2023The Tiger's Jaw
High above the steep hills of Jajarkot, Nepal, four lives are tied together in the rugged cliffs of Khal Taakuri . Along the extreme topography of Nepal, and across the mental and emotional geographies of the tenacious human spirit, this documentary witnesses the perilous journey into the tiger’s jaw.
#103 | 04/08/2023Lauroko Katha
Krishna Lawad from Dehimandu, Baitadi has an interesting but a tough profession. He goes deep into the forest to find sticks. With his inherited craftsmanship, he turns them into strong and beautiful walking sticks and sells them in the market.
#104 | 04/22/2023Durgamki Doctor ko Katha
It takes two days of walking to reach the Pulu village of Karmarong; a remote village situated under the shadow of the lonely mountains in Mugu. Tulasi Shahi walked up these lonely mountains years ago, with a single purpose - to heal.
#105 | 05/06/2023Naya Katha
A few years ago, while travelling through Dailekh, we were surrounded by little children from a nearby Badi community singing on the road. This time we could not find them on our way, so we headed towards their settlement - "The New Settlement". But, the old wounds still hurt the same.
#106 | 06/03/2023Ausadhiko Aspatal Yatra
A motor road barely takes you from Mugu headquarters to a place called Chhayla. Even that is not possible in monsoon. The rations for 12 villages in Mugum Karmarong are then carried by either mules or humans. Lifesaving medicines also ride the mules.
#107 | 07/01/2023Rara ka Ghodchadhi
#108 | 07/15/2023Bandarle Lakheteka Gauharu
Villages in Nepal are disappearing due to out-migration. While some people have left to chase their dreams, the others are driven away by compulsion. Villages near the Baitadi headquarters however, have been chased away by monkeys.
#109 | 07/29/2023[A]safaltako Katha
It's only fictional heroes in movies that are always successful. The life of a common person is sometimes a bed of roses, and sometimes full of thorns. Stories of success are often told, but who will tell the stories of failure?
#110 | 08/12/2023Aago Aaran ra Aatmako Katha
#111 | 08/26/2023Tsum Valleyka Kathaharu
Nestled between Ganesh Himal and Manaslu is a hidden valley, which until about 15 years ago, was closed off to foreigners. Tsum Valley is known for its mixture of Tibetan and Nepali ways of life. Our journey to Tsum Valley begins from Chhekong.
#112 | 09/09/2023The Last Village of Tsum Valley
It snowed all night at Nile - the last human settlement in Tsum Valley. If you go a little further, you will find a monastery and then yak pastures and hills for harvesting Yarsagumba. If you keep going, you will stumble upon Tibetan villages that have become isolated by the snow.
#113 | 10/21/2023Phunjoko Katha
#114 | 11/11/2023Tadhako Gaun ko Katha
We spent three days on the road before we reached Darchula's headquarters Khalanga from Kathmandu. From here, we still needed to go north - to Changru and Tinkar, villages at the border of China and India. However, there is no way to reach these villages through Nepal. One has to go through India. That is, if you are permitted by the Government of India.
#115 | 12/03/2023Chhangru to Tinkar Pass
In our previous episode, we travelled from Darchula’s headquarters to Chhangru village (elevation 3200 meters) near Kalapani. The villagers from Chhangru had one request for the country’s leaders: a trail road. Today, we are journeying even further - to the Tinkar village which sits at 3,800 meters, and then to the Nepal-China border at 5,300m.

Additional Information

Production country: Nepal
Original language: Nepali (NE)
Spoken languages: Nepali (NE)
Translated into 1 language: English (EN)
Status: Returning series
First episode released on: 03/01/2018
Latest episode released on: 12/03/2023
Directors: Bidhya Chapagain, Kamal Kumar

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