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Bikhandankari Kabita— by an Ungrateful SoB

"Be proud! ", you say, " Of this never conquered land" "How lucky you are to have birthed in the land of the Buddha" "Of having shared the roof with the towering Everest! " "Be grateful to the Kings that built this proud nation! " You didn't have your language forced off of you Your culture stripped off, History torn apart, burned and trampled on You didn''t have your story rewritten to nothingness You didn't have your blood shed into a river Only to be valued less than a drop of water You didn't have your skin fleshed threadbare to the bones And had it replaced with that of the oppressors And, yet when I say I  only want as much as what had been snatched away, That I want to stand shoulder to shoulder, That no more will I crawl beneath you, That no more will I be kept silent You call me a traitor, You brand me an inciter of violence in this garden of peace, In this garden of "unity in diversit

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Sapana Anek Anek: One for the Artists

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Based on Gita Khatri's " Aama Hun Aama ", "  Sapana Anek Anek " depicts the story of love and loss centred around a father's search for dreams and happiness for the family in a foreign land crushed by the terror of the fateful day of 9/11. The story is set in Nepal and New York. A visual fest for artists and painters, the light work is phenomenal in Sapana Anek Anek . The white canvas—the only prop used and with some versatility by Ashesh Malla (director), the pioneer of frugal theatre in Nepal— is painted with light and beautiful hand motion of the artists and gives the sensation of watching a painting in motion. However, the play could have done with a bit more props which would have provided a point of reference and material cues to aid the audience to follow the play's narrative which would have made it livelier .   Similarly, the sound could have been better in the show I attended which lacked the necessary ups and downs and at various moments, the

Love and Thunder: A Painfully Poor Parody

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Directed by: Taika Waititi Written by: Taika Waititi, Jennifer Kaytin Robinson Actors: Chris Hemsworth, Christian Bale, Natalie Portman, Tessa Thompson, Taika Waititi Runtime: 2 hrs 5 mins Rating: 2/5 Thor has always been my favorite MCU character and the only butchering that happens in Thor: Love and Thunder is Taika Waititi butcher two brilliant storylines in hollow compilation of scenes and gag reels. The movie has no heart and fails to create a sense of doom that Taika had created with Hela in Ragnarok. It's all about landing the next joke and the next one and the next one.  He has last his way in terms of story telling. I didn't care for one moment for even a single character. Taika failed from the get-go. The prologue should have been longer. Gorr's story needed more depth and the source material provides more than enough. Gorr could have been badder akin to Thanos in Infinity War with what he did in the first few minutes,  Hela when she broke Mjölnir and

Here’s a List of 50+ Movies You Can Enjoy With Your Kids

I have created a list of movies you can watch with your kids and have a good time. If you are a teacher, these movies might come in handy to get your students in love with the English language.  I watched most of these movies as a child albeit in a hostel with my friends. The movies nights are one of my fondest memories from my hostel days.  Just to be clear, this is not a list of best movies and the movies are listed in no particular order. The list also might be missing highly rated movies like Up and Finding Nemo. This is because I haven't watched those movies yet. Hope you have a good time.  Here’s a List of 50+ Movies You Can Enjoy With Your Kids: 1. The BFG 2. The Incredibles 1,2 3. Megamind 4. Kungfu Fu Panda 1,2,3 5. Wall- E 6. Frozen 1,2 7. Fantastic Mr.Fox 8. Harry Potter: Part 1 to 4 9. The Lego Movie 10. Big Hero Six 11. The Ugly Duckling 12. Inside Out 13. How to Train Your Dragon 14. Hugo 15. Ratatoulie 16. Yellow Submarine 17. 101 Dalmatians 18. Monsters, Inc. 19. Mo

Hunting for Treasures in Used Bookstores

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I may look normal, but I go into used/second-hand bookstores and buy books that I have no idea when I'll read. That's exactly what I did today, after almost two years (thanks Covid).  I go into used bookstores not knowing what I will find, what will find me, low-key excited at the prospect of finding something exciting, something of value( at a cut price too). Will I add to my Harry Potter Collection, will I find a Hosseini or a Ishiguro or a Rushdie, or will something else find me?  I carefully browse the spines of the books, I go through them again just to make sure I have missed anything, I look for familiar authors— authors I've read or authors from my to-read-list. But what you look for is not always what you find, sometimes a book catches your eyes and you just know that's the book you want.  That feeling of getting three books for the price of one, yet not having compromised on quality (unlike most other things, the contents o

A Culture that Kills

I am 23, will soon be turning 24, I still think I'm a kid. I make stupid decisions, do crazy things. Almost two years after my bachelor's, a teacher now, I still don't know what I really want to do with my future, with my life. Not everyone has this privilege. Countless many kids don't even get a shot a childhood. Their dreams are snatched away even before they realise the meaning of the word "dream". When, down the line, finally they understand the essence of the word, they have their flesh and blood crying and struggling for life on their laps. And the cycle continues.  16 year old Sapana(name changed) is to be married on the 8th of this month. An innocent girl reading in 8th grade who is yet to find her calling is now being prepared, with pomp and joy, to be sent away to a man she barely knows. She will be accompanied to this strange household of the people she knows nothing about with possibly a huge debt in her family's name. Her father dares to tak