The Association for International Broadcasting (AIB) annual nominates the most inspirational examples of storytelling on radio, TV and online portals for the award. The BFBS Gurkha Radio entry is one of the six nominations. [break]
The shortlisted entry focuses on ex-Gurkha soldier, Streetman Gurung´s life. Shreeman joined the 6th Queen´s Own Gurka Rifles in 1942, served during the war in Burma and became a Japanese prisoner of war in Singapore. After retiring he returned to his home town in West Nepal, where he still lives with his wife.
Yuddha Ka Sarathi is the first ever Nepali entry to be shortlisted for an AIB award and BFBS Gurkha Radio is competing against stations such as BBC World Service, ABC Radio Australia and Czech Radio. The winner will be announced at the 2012 AIB awards ceremony on Thursday in London.
Binoddhoj Khadka, program director for BFBS Gurkha Radio said: “This series honors some of our veterans who are in their 90s and still surviving in the remote hills of Nepal. It gives our forebears the opportunity to express the experiences they had away from their homeland during their youth. They talk about their comrades, the countries they visited and people they met -- all the things that left a lasting impression."
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