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Talking movies during the coronavirus pandemic
Published On: May 14, 2020 02:00 PM NPT By: Mukesh Khanal
Recent weeks have seen a flurry of news items and interviews about the state of the Nepali movie industry in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
What plagues Nepali movies?
Published On: August 31, 2019 12:25 AM NPT By: Mukesh Khanal
Recently, two supposedly super-hit Nepali movies uploaded in Youtube caught my attention: Anmol KC starrer “Kri” and Ramesh Upreti starrer “Aishwarya.” These movies highlight major issues plaguing the Nepali movie industry today.
Director and the troll
Published On: June 15, 2019 01:30 AM NPT By: Mukesh Khanal
Whether a movie is actually bad is beside the point. Your movie may win an Oscar, but if I don’t like it, I still have the freedom to shout from the mountain tops that your movie is bad
Humanity and power
Published On: April 7, 2019 12:25 AM NPT By: Mukesh Khanal
Humanity and power have an inverse relationship. If that sounds like too strong an opinion, let us see two related examples. First, the Armed Police Force’s vehicle escorting Lokendra Bahadur Chand brushed a scooter riding female in the street. The police vehicle did not stop to check if the scooter rider was alright.
In defense of private schools
Published On: January 15, 2019 01:00 AM NPT By: Mukesh Khanal
Why can’t an entrepreneur open a private school and make profit in the process? Why don’t we let the market decide if it wants private schools?
Renewed opportunity
Published On: May 13, 2018 12:45 AM NPT By: Mukesh Khanal
It is only natural that two centuries of state-sponsored policies by and for the benefits of the ruling hill castes would one day boil over
Are we prepared?
Published On: February 12, 2018 01:00 AM NPT By: Mukesh Khanal
If matured federal republic like Canada still faces inter-provincial trade war, how can we be confident we won’t experience the same?
No quick fix
Published On: July 11, 2017 12:25 AM NPT By: Mukesh Khanal
Madhesi leaders do disservice to their constituents when they time and again ask “Are we there, yet?”
History revisited
Published On: July 3, 2017 12:25 AM NPT By: Mukesh Khanal
Exploitation of the country’s people and its riches truly took place during the continuous 105 years of Rana rule
Demonetizing corruption
Published On: November 28, 2016 12:15 AM NPT By: Mukesh Khanal
Kaushik Basu has proposed that the law be amended to reflect that giving bribe is legal but taking it is not
Trump phenomenon
Published On: November 15, 2016 12:15 AM NPT By: Mukesh Khanal
Much of white working class America sees the non-white immigrant population as the “other” and feels threatened by it
Faulty tool
Published On: October 25, 2016 12:35 AM NPT By: Mukesh Khanal
What would have happened if there was a referendum in 2007 on whether to accept the peace deal with the Maoist rebels?
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