Rabi Lamichhane is a Nepali TV presenter who is loved by the Nepali public (most of them at least). He gained fame in April, 2013 when he set the world record for hosting the longest-ever television talk show. In the course of 62 hours which the show was live, he interviewed politicians, journalists, celebrities and accepted phone calls from the audience, all under the theme of ‘Buddha was born in Nepal’. Since then, he has been hosting a regular talk show ‘Sidha Kura Janta Sanga’ (Straight Talks with the public) for News24.

There’s a new controversy in the air – if you are in Nepal and on social media, news about Rabi Lamichhane cannot go amiss. But how much do you know about the story?



You may now viral on social media Rabi Lamichhane and his Ex wife Isha Lamichhane. He is usually on the offensive but right now he is on the defensive. The defense he is building is against his ex-wife Isha Lamichhane who currently lives in the US along with the now-separated couple two daughters. She has apparently sent a volley of messages to Nepalese journalists purporting to show true colour of Rabi Lamichhane.

Mr Lamichhane pre-empted the his colleagues were planning on his love life by proactively posting a Facebook status on 4 January which basically laid bare his personal life. He told his fans that he married Isha Lamichhane some 24 years ago, that he had two daughters to her. It appears their relationship soured over time and that he was living separately when they were all still in the US.



He has also admitted that he developed an intimate relationship with a foreign lady; after he became estranged from his wife and that a child was born out of that relationship also. But that second attempt at family life, he indicated, was also soon over following which he returned to Nepal and in due course of time became a formidable media force through his now famous Sidha Kura Janta Sanga live talk-show on News24. The status is extremely poignant and emotional and shows the loneliness the star journalist experienced throughout his life.