Radio Gham Chhaya

Radio Gham Chhaya holds a genuinely unique place in Indian community radio — it’s the country’s first Gorkhali community station, inaugurated in October 2021 by the then-Governor of Uttarakhand specifically to serve the Gorkhali community living across India and beyond. Broadcasting on 90.0 FM from Dehradun, twice daily from 7-11 AM and 5-9 PM, the station was built with a clear purpose: preserving Gorkhali language, culture, and heritage while giving a scattered community a shared voice. Its programming runs in Nepali, Hindi, and English, mixing live shows, curated podcasts, and cultural conversations rooted in Gorkhali tradition and community life. Beyond the FM signal, the station is also available as a mobile app for continuous streaming outside its broadcast hours, making it accessible to Gorkhali listeners well beyond Dehradun’s immediate reach. For the Gorkhali community — and Nepali speakers more broadly — Radio Gham Chhaya offers something rare: a station built entirely around their language, stories, and cultural identity