tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82346102024-03-13T23:48:47.136-06:00SANSAR MEDIASocial Change Through Storytelling.
Inspirational. Visionary. Transformative.
Contact: sansarmedia500@gmail.comSushma Joshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801489353753793086noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234610.post-88322481441410735342017-11-29T02:58:00.001-07:002017-11-29T03:06:59.686-07:00WATER shown in eco-feminism week in Trinity College, Dublin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-js0I-cxtrbQ/Wh6BKUH5NHI/AAAAAAAAq74/GrEJqlmsf1UqWdI9R_vKlM0BvLkYkqGbwCLcBGAs/s1600/isabel%2Bjorgensen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-js0I-cxtrbQ/Wh6BKUH5NHI/AAAAAAAAq74/GrEJqlmsf1UqWdI9R_vKlM0BvLkYkqGbwCLcBGAs/s400/isabel%2Bjorgensen.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>
<br />
Isabel Jorgensen invited me to screen WATER at the eco-feminism week (Nov 13-17, 2017) at Trinity College, Dublin. She said she'd seen me present at Oxford University's Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, and thought the film fitted perfectly with the theme of the week. I was already back in Nepal after a summer in Oxford, so I suggested that she present it instead.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Isabel said the documentary would be screened at the Museum Building Library, and that "it was by far the most beautiful building and room on campus!" So I googled it up, and indeed, here is the <a href="https://www.tcd.ie/Geology/about/museum-building.php">beautiful building</a>. It was inspired by the Byzantine architecture of Venice.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Here is her email after the event, after I asked her how it went:</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">
Amazing, thanks! Here are some pictures from the event, it went smoothly and there was a lot of good discussion. I gave a 30 minute intro to climate justice and environmental issues and women’s roles in their resolution, we had the a screening and then I lead a 30 minute discussion on the issues shown in the film. People were really enthusiastic and about 45 people came, which was the capacity of the event. It was a success! </div>
<div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">
--Isabel</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
Sushma Joshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801489353753793086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234610.post-43095138677377475232017-04-12T11:08:00.001-06:002017-04-12T11:20:28.115-06:00Hubert Bals Fund grant<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JhLuPVFA-bU/WO5hozw8J_I/AAAAAAAAmw4/tlROb0AICmkyDoo13WExL2OvAASyraaQACLcB/s1600/Screen%2Bshot%2B2017-04-12%2Bat%2B11.13.37%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JhLuPVFA-bU/WO5hozw8J_I/AAAAAAAAmw4/tlROb0AICmkyDoo13WExL2OvAASyraaQACLcB/s400/Screen%2Bshot%2B2017-04-12%2Bat%2B11.13.37%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
I received a seed grant from the Hubert Bals Fund to write a fiction film script in 1997. The grant gave me support and inspiration when I needed it the most.<br />
<br />
I found <a href="https://iffr.com/sites/default/files/content/hbf_complete_results_2017_lr.pdf">this list of HBF grantees</a> on the web, and am honored to be part of this global film community.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HmtF10LN42c/WO5evhRIAiI/AAAAAAAAmws/MUUqmJUu_1cjCsKTKDj9o1SvT2yzNURWQCLcB/s1600/Screen%2Bshot%2B2017-04-12%2Bat%2B11.00.50%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="206" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HmtF10LN42c/WO5evhRIAiI/AAAAAAAAmws/MUUqmJUu_1cjCsKTKDj9o1SvT2yzNURWQCLcB/s400/Screen%2Bshot%2B2017-04-12%2Bat%2B11.00.50%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />Sushma Joshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801489353753793086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234610.post-38599985395889119092016-06-04T06:30:00.003-06:002016-06-04T06:32:29.594-06:00Learning with film <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CcVQ-qlqH20/V0_bjyjO79I/AAAAAAAAH24/RKd4pRaInbkKGmRg85NG9CEO4ciDR0YUwCLcB/s1600/poster_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CcVQ-qlqH20/V0_bjyjO79I/AAAAAAAAH24/RKd4pRaInbkKGmRg85NG9CEO4ciDR0YUwCLcB/s320/poster_1.jpg" width="226" /></a></div>
<br />
Students at the University of Washington Bothell just discussed my documentary "Burma on My Mind" and fiction short "The Escape" as part of their assignment.<br />
<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The student making the request to screen the documentary says: "This is the last assignment in my BISS 466 "Human Rights and Resistance" class (focus on social topics in South Asia). A presentation is about "</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">a South Asian film director who engages with issues of gender and human rights in South Asia or within its diaspora". My group chose you as a film director that we want to research on. Thanks so much for your help." </span>Sushma Joshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801489353753793086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234610.post-18956693959347779542016-01-01T03:36:00.000-07:002017-02-10T07:08:26.441-07:00PANI (WATER) now on Youtube<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Wq54UwjYMtU" width="459"></iframe><br />
<br />
<br />
Here's the link to PANI (Water), my 2000 documentary, now on Youtube.<br />
<br />
I was fresh out of Brown University and influenced by Trinh T. Minh-ha when I shot this film.<br />
<br />
I was interested in contradictions and ambiguity.<br />
<br />
I was interested in incoherence, and what it may tell us about "community" and "participation."<br />
<br />
***<br />
<br />
<i>I apologize for the quality of the video. My Beta master copy vanished in-between moves to two continents. This</i><i> is digitized from a VHS copy held at Stanford Library.</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<i>Thank you, library and librarians!</i><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
Sushma Joshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801489353753793086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234610.post-22600465211587521992015-03-07T04:38:00.000-07:002016-04-08T00:33:37.904-06:00March 9th: Supportive Men at AFKI showed "Supportive Men" at the Alliance Francaise de Kathmandu on March 9th, 2015, for Women's Day. The students were very enthusiastic to see it and there were lots of questions about it. I got the feeling that urban students would really benefit from implementing the gender equality training as well as trainings for men in cooking and housework in their curriculum!<br />
<br />
AFK's website: http://www.alliancefrancaise.org.np/<br />
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/afktm/<br />
<br />
<br />Sushma Joshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801489353753793086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234610.post-80007819881818508052015-01-28T05:21:00.001-07:002015-02-07T04:53:59.066-07:00HandigaonHandigaon is the oldest inhabited settlement of the<br />
Kathmandu Valley. A jatra is a festival involving music, devotional <br />
worship, agricultural rituals, and alcohol. "There are no jatras like <br />
those of Handigaon," is a saying that has become synonymous with the <br />
excessive celebratory rites and rituals associated with this <br />
neighborhood. Throughout the year, I can hear beautiful traditional <br />
music being played at night as people go about the festivities, and on a<br />
full moon night in autumn this sound can be especially soulful and <br />
evocative. Here's one of those, which I shot in my neighborhood with my <br />
small digital camera. This photoshow attempts to capture the mixture of <br />
mystery and mundaneness of the festivals. With apologies for not <br />
including the original music, which I shall do very shortly, as soon as I<br />
get hold of some good sound recording equipment...<br />
<br />
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KBFj3zI0Qzw" width="459"></iframe>Sushma Joshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801489353753793086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234610.post-87612536146131708132014-09-28T05:53:00.001-06:002016-10-26T07:34:11.086-06:00Supportive Men: the documentary<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tWN6EveBFPk/VOQ2kfAWehI/AAAAAAAAGrg/KveDZ9T5t3s/s1600/smposter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="226" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tWN6EveBFPk/VOQ2kfAWehI/AAAAAAAAGrg/KveDZ9T5t3s/s1600/smposter.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">In
Nepal, men and women are involved in various ways to shift norms and
relationships toward gender equality. This documentary focuses on one
community in Kapilvastu, Southern Nepal, to show how men and couples are
changing the way they interact with one another to bring about social
change, and also how men are supporting women’s movement for empowerment
and gender equality. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">_____________________________________________________________________________________________</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jAqQ8js8T0w/VOQunA9rhCI/AAAAAAAAGqw/idIc7nOELbs/s1600/sm2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="226" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jAqQ8js8T0w/VOQunA9rhCI/AAAAAAAAGqw/idIc7nOELbs/s1600/sm2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Mr. Dube is a young man in his late
twenties who lives in Kapilvastu, Nepal. He has taken part in a gender equality training given by a local NGO, in partnership with an INGO. He is married and has two sons. In his small community, Mr. Dube has become an inspirational
figure who has managed to change the behavior of not just the younger
men, but also the older men of his community, who now cook, help with housework and childcare, and support their spouses in a way that was unthinkable even a few years ago. Persuading the men to change their behavior takes a lot of work, but Mr. Dube is not willing to give up, despite the difficulties and suspicions of a small community. Clearly its a happier community, with new changes! </span><br />
<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">I shot this documentary in May 2014.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUA01CB_aVE">Watch it online on YouTube</a>:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUA01CB_aVE </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Here is the <a href="http://www.care.org/file/3440">CARE website with the documentary</a>:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">http://www.care.org/file/3440</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span>
<br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;">Director: Sushma Joshi</span></i></span></span></h4>
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;">Camera: Jeevan Shrestha</span></i></span></span></h4>
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;">Assistant camera: Manoj Subedi</span></i></span></span></h4>
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;">Post-production co-ordination: Rebina and Biswas Bajracharya</span></span></i></span></span></h4>
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;">Editor: Bijan Bajracharya</span></span></i></span></span></h4>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;"><i>Funded by CARE Nepal, CARE USA, CARE Austria, CARE Norway</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span></span>
Sushma Joshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801489353753793086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234610.post-54208374734626703562013-10-30T23:58:00.002-06:002013-10-30T23:58:46.726-06:00Water for the Ages: a listing of water related films<a href="http://waterfortheages.org/">Water for the Ages</a> is an interesting clearinghouse website for water and sanitation related issues. It includes films, books, art, organizations and a water related calendar.<br />
<br />
It has a thoughtful collection of water films listed at its film page. My film PANI is listed along with 50 others--the films include both longform documentary as well as short films. <br /><br />You can find the<a href="http://waterfortheages.org/water-films/"> film page here</a>:<br />
<a href="http://waterfortheages.org/water-films/">http://waterfortheages.org/water-films/</a>
Sushma Joshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801489353753793086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234610.post-16517629810459270382013-10-03T05:58:00.001-06:002015-12-15T23:03:49.104-07:00Berlinale Talent Campus is now the Berlinale Talents<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="Image result for Berlinale bear image" src="data:image/jpeg;base64,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" /></div>
<br />
I was a participant at the Berlinale Talent Campus, which is part of the Berlinale cinema festival, in 2007. That program has now been re-named "Berlinale Talents." <br />
<br />
During the festival and campus, I met many filmmakers from all over the world. I also got to see talks by prominent actors, filmmakers and composers like <a href="https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2007/05_boulevard_2007/05_boulevard_2007.html#navi=4610&item=4924">Wim Wenders, Gael Garcia Bernal, Walter Salles, and Jan Kaczmarek</a>.<br />
<br />
The program is open to filmmakers from all over the world. If you would like to apply and attend with your film for 2015, click on the bear below! The call for applications for 2014 is already closed, but you can still browse the website and put a note in your calender to check back when the applications re-open.<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="Image result for Berlinale bear image" src="data:image/jpeg;base64,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" /></div>
Sushma Joshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801489353753793086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234610.post-22632753808075609742013-06-23T04:38:00.000-06:002015-02-07T04:52:17.482-07:00Burma on My Mind shown at Image Ark Gallery, Patan<br />
<div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;">
<img src="https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRbc5hXmgarw3T-c0dsuIgOWJznGkZtLOLtHSdCaC0E-ICHUPWI" /></div>
<br />
"Burma on My Mind" screened on Sunday 23rd June to a packed audience at the beautiful Image Ark Gallery, which is located in a historic part of Patan. The gallery is owned and managed by Mary-Ange, a longterm resident of Kathmandu. <br />
<br />
Here is their <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ImageArk?directed_target_id=0&filter=3">Facebook page</a>.<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/ImageArk?directed_target_id=0&filter=3">Page of event.</a> Sushma Joshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801489353753793086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234610.post-92008296400311623442013-06-20T04:29:00.000-06:002015-11-28T05:24:15.612-07:00 "Burma on My Mind" in the 3rd Nepal-Africa Film Festival<br />
The ever dynamic Manju Mishra, founder of a journalism college in Nepal, co-ordinates a <a href="http://www.nepalafricafilmfestival.org/index.php">Nepal-Africa film festival</a><a href="http://www.nepalafricafilmfestival.org/index.php">.</a><a href="http://www.nepalafricafilmfestival.org/index.php"> </a>"Burma on My Mind" was shown during the 3rd festival on June 2013. <br />
<br />
Rajesh Hamal was a guest speaker at the inauguration! During which he made a wonderfully thoughtful and articulate speech about Nepal's connection with Africa. <br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img src="http://www.nepalafricafilmfestival.com.np/images/kcms/nepalafricafilmfestival.png" /></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
For a listing of films, check this page:<br />
<a href="http://www.nepalafricafilmfestival.com.np/archives/2013.html">http://www.nepalafricafilmfestival.com.np/archives/2013.html</a><br />
</div>
<br />Sushma Joshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801489353753793086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234610.post-8840358128195534222013-03-10T08:55:00.001-06:002018-03-01T23:25:00.155-07:00Burma on My Mind, directed by Sushma Joshi<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feFQgyupoMM"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-38mAoAMVIZM/UTyeBO06FbI/AAAAAAAAGN8/KY76w-zbBGE/s320/cd_cover.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
“Burma on My Mind” is a journey and pilgrimage through the heart of<br />
Myanmar’s Gorkhali community.<br />
<br />
How do Hindus and Buddhists co-exist and live in present day Myanmar?<br />
Where do they go to seek spiritual transcendence?<br />
<br />
What conflicts arise in their search for religious identity? And how<br />
can the words of the Buddha provide an answer, and a pathway to peace,<br />
to the faultlines that have sprung up in this tight-knit community?<br />
<br />
The documentary is available in its full length form on Youtube. Your feedback is highly appreciated! If you'd like to use the documentary for teaching purposes, please drop me an email at sansarmagazine@gmail.com.<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feFQgyupoMM">Click here to see "Burma on My Mind"</a> on Youtube.<br />
The documentary has been viewed by an audience of 37,000.<br />
__________________________________________________________________<br />
<br />
I presented the article associated with this documentary<br />
"The Religious Life of the Gorkhalis of Myanmar"<br />
at the conference on religion and diaspora at Oxford University in 2012.<br />
The article will be published in an anthology on religion and dispora, edited by Sondra Hausner and David Gellner, and published by the Oxford University Press, in 2013.<br />
<br />
You can download and read the associated article at smashwords:<br />
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/301433<br />
________________ <br />
<br /></div>
Sushma Joshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801489353753793086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234610.post-33123112937490651732013-03-10T08:33:00.000-06:002015-01-22T00:18:09.938-07:00Burma on My Mind: A Documentary<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kZEBh9F8RGU/UTyZX8Le28I/AAAAAAAAGNs/mbo-_Vp9AMw/s1600/cover_burma+on+my+mind2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kZEBh9F8RGU/UTyZX8Le28I/AAAAAAAAGNs/mbo-_Vp9AMw/s320/cover_burma+on+my+mind2.jpg" height="219" width="320" /></a></div>
I spent a year between 2010-2011 shooting a documentary about the Gorkhali diaspora in Myanmar and Thailand. The documentary looks at a diasporic community deeply entrenched in Burma, both through their history as well as their love for the country. <br />
<br />
It also features the rising tensions between newly converted Gorkhali Theravada practitioners who are pressuring Hindus and Mahayani Buddhists to convert to the state-sanctioned religion. The movement appears more political than religious, and it is also new. Religion was one domain that was untouched by the state from the Sixties till very recently, allowing people to continue to worship in their own manner, undisturbed.<br />
<br />
Burma's rising intolerance regarding religious freedom is disturbing from many vantage points, not the least of which is that the teachings of the Buddha always regards non-violence (ahimsa) as its central tenet. Pressurizing those from other sects or religions to adopt the state religion goes against everything the Buddha taught. <br />
<br />
Burma would open up to a more democratic mode of governance shortly after I left the country. Political prisoners were freed, and new newspapers flourished. But that moment also brought the tragedy of the Rohingyas, whose homes and communities were burnt in Rahine state. As Burma shifts from one historical moment to the next, lets hope it will retain the best of what existed inside this beautiful country. The history of religious diversity and freedom is one of its greatest legacies, and I hope that will be nurtured in this new moment.<br />
<br />
Click here to view the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feFQgyupoMM">documentary on Youtube.</a><br />
_________________________________________________________________________________Sushma Joshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801489353753793086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234610.post-67515862639198947352013-02-16T05:13:00.000-07:002015-01-28T05:13:58.927-07:00jankhu <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JoR68iiEybc" width="459"></iframe><br />
<br />
This is a photographic record of the 90th birthday party of a man in my neighborhood. This celebration is known as a "jankhu" by the Newari community. The photographs remind us of the joyful and celebratory aspects of aging. Sushma Joshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801489353753793086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234610.post-62968322401464196912011-07-14T23:33:00.000-06:002013-08-17T23:39:35.938-06:00The Erawan Shrine: A cellphone film<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Here is a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_J9Bdh-leY">tiny "film"</a> made with cellphone shots I took of the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok. I wanted to work with the limitations of technology, and see what could be done with something as small, mobile and universal as a cellphone. </div>
Sushma Joshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801489353753793086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234610.post-63354357596332078572010-10-29T01:04:00.000-06:002017-01-03T01:06:58.200-07:00WATER screening in Planet Nepal <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 988px;"><tbody>
<tr><td width="209"><a href="http://nepalitimes.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Nepali Times" border="0" height="90" src="https://nepalitimes.com/assets/front/img/nepali-times-logo.gif" title="Nepali Times" width="209" /></a></td><td align="right" valign="middle" width="795"><ins id="aswift_0_expand" style="border: none; display: inline-table; height: 90px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 728px;"><ins id="aswift_0_anchor" style="border: none; display: block; height: 90px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 728px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="90" hspace="0" id="aswift_0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="aswift_0" scrolling="no" style="left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px;" vspace="0" width="728"></iframe></ins></ins></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" height="30"><div class="menus" style="background-color: #e7e6e6; background-position: 50% 50%; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; text-transform: uppercase;">
<a href="http://nepalitimes.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;">HOME</span></a> <a href="http://nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=17601#" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;">REGULAR</span></a> <a href="http://nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=17601#" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;">COLUMNS</span></a> <a href="http://www.nepalpoll.com.np/news/npoll_mk/previousPolls.asp" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">POLL</span></a> <a href="http://nepalitimes.com/gallery/mainphoto.php" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;">PHOTOS</span></a> <a href="http://nepalitimes.com/issue/archive/page/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;">ARCHIVE</span></a> <a href="http://nepalitimes.com/vacancies.php" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;">VACANCIES</span></a> <a href="http://nepalitimes.com/blogs.php" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #cc3333;">BLOGS</span></a></div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 988px;"><tbody>
<tr><td valign="top" width="670"><span class="category" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; text-transform: uppercase;">LIFE TIMES</span><br />
<span class="heading" style="color: #006699; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold;">About town </span><br />
<span class="articlecategorysubheading" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Events and eateries in town </span><br />
<br />
<div class="postdatetime" style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;">
FROM ISSUE #525 (29 OCT 2010 - 04 NOV 2010) | <a class="postdatetime" href="http://nepalitimes.com/issue/525" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;">TABLE OF CONTENTS</a><br />
<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" size="1" width="70%" />
<img height="11" src="https://nepalitimes.com/img/icon_subscribe.gif" width="11" /> <a class="postdatetime" href="http://www.nepalitimes.com/subscribe.php" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;">SUBSCRIBE NT</a> <img height="12" src="https://nepalitimes.com/img/icon_print.gif" width="27" /> <a class="postdatetime" href="http://www.nepalitimes.com/issue////LifeTimes/17601/print" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;">PRINT </a><img height="9" src="https://nepalitimes.com/img/icon_email.gif" width="27" /> <a class="postdatetime" href="https://www.blogger.com/null">REFER</a> <img border="0" height="11" src="https://nepalitimes.com/img/icon_editor.gif" width="23" /> <a class="postdatetime" href="https://www.blogger.com/null">WRITE TO EDITOR</a><br />
<br />
<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style ">
<a class="addthis_button_facebook_like at300b" fb:like:layout="button_count" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; float: left; line-height: initial; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px 2px; width: auto;"></a><br />
<div class="fb-like fb_iframe_widget" data-action="like" data-font="arial" data-height="25" data-href="http://nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=17601" data-layout="button_count" data-send="false" data-share="true" data-show_faces="false" data-width="90" fb-iframe-plugin-query="action=like&app_id=172525162793917&container_width=0&font=arial&height=25&href=http%3A%2F%2Fnepalitimes.com%2Fnews.php%3Fid%3D17601&layout=button_count&locale=en_US&sdk=joey&send=false&share=true&show_faces=false&width=90" fb-xfbml-state="rendered" style="display: inline-block; height: 25px; line-height: 11px; position: relative;">
<a class="addthis_button_facebook_like at300b" fb:like:layout="button_count" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; float: left; line-height: initial; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px 2px; width: auto;"><span style="display: inline-block; height: 20px; position: relative; text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom; width: 126px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" frameborder="0" height="25px" name="f6c4a4db5596" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/v2.6/plugins/like.php?action=like&app_id=172525162793917&channel=http%3A%2F%2Fstaticxx.facebook.com%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter%2Fr%2FiPrOY23SGAp.js%3Fversion%3D42%23cb%3Df26d55a72f0bd6%26domain%3Dnepalitimes.com%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fnepalitimes.com%252Ff2c4a36451a20ec%26relation%3Dparent.parent&container_width=0&font=arial&height=25&href=http%3A%2F%2Fnepalitimes.com%2Fnews.php%3Fid%3D17601&layout=button_count&locale=en_US&sdk=joey&send=false&share=true&show_faces=false&width=90" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; height: 20px; position: absolute; visibility: visible; width: 126px;" title="fb:like Facebook Social Plugin" width="90px"></iframe></span></a></div>
<a class="addthis_button_facebook_like at300b" fb:like:layout="button_count" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; float: left; line-height: initial; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px 2px; width: auto;"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet at300b" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; float: left; line-height: initial; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px 2px; width: auto;"></a><br />
<div class="tweet_iframe_widget" style="height: 25px; width: 62px;">
<iframe allowtransparency="true" class="twitter-share-button twitter-share-button-rendered twitter-tweet-button" data-url="http://nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=17601#.WGtae_q2IHE.twitter" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.3748f7cda49448f6c6f7854238570ba0.en.html#dnt=false&id=twitter-widget-0&lang=en&original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fnepalitimes.com%2Fnews.php%3Fid%3D17601%23.WGtaeyN96t8&size=m&text=About%20town%20-%20Nepali%20Times%3A&time=1483430527129&type=share&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnepalitimes.com%2Fnews.php%3Fid%3D17601%23.WGtae_q2IHE.twitter" style="height: 20px; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 61px;" title="Twitter Tweet Button"></iframe></div>
<a class="addthis_button_tweet at300b" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; float: left; line-height: initial; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px 2px; width: auto;"></a><a class="addthis_button_pinterest_pinit at300b" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; float: left; line-height: initial; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px 2px; position: relative; width: auto;"><div class="pin_it_iframe_widget" style="height: 25px;">
<span class="at_PinItButton" style="background-image: url("//s7.addthis.com/static/t00/pinit00.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; display: block; height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 40px;"></span></div>
</a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style addthis_nonzero" href="http://nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=17601#" style="border: 0px; color: white; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: 700; height: 25px; line-height: initial; margin-bottom: 5px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: top;"></a><a class="atc_s addthis_button_compact" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; color: white; cursor: pointer; display: block; float: left; height: 20px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 5px; min-width: 25px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 5px 0px 20px; transition: none;">Share</a><a class="addthis_button_expanded" href="http://nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=17601#" style="background-position: 0px -114px; background-repeat: no-repeat; border: 0px; box-sizing: content-box; color: #333333; display: block; float: left; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; height: 20px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; transition: none; width: 34px;" target="_blank" title="More">1</a><br />
<div class="atclear" style="clear: both;">
</div>
</div>
</div>
<br />
<div class="articletext" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">
<strong>EVENTS</strong><br />
<strong>The Seven Henry Series: In Search of an Ideal Landscape</strong>, an exhibition of supracollages by the acclaimed Indic artist Syyed Iqbal Geoffrey. <em>Starts 28 October, 5.30pm, till 17 November, Siddhartha Art Gallery, Babar Mahal Revisited, Gallery hours: 11am to 6pm, 12pm to 4pm on Saturdays, 4218048</em><br />
<strong>Planet Nepal Contemporary Art Exhibition</strong>, installation art and exhibition by various artists. <em>2 November-10 November, 5.30pm, Kathmandu Contemporary Arts Centre, Jhamsikhel, Lalitpur, Gallery Hours: 11am to 6pm, Saturdays closed, 5521120</em><br />
<strong>Hope</strong>: <strong>An International Schools' Art Exhibition</strong>, an exhibition by students of international schools in Kathmandu to help the flood survivors of Pakistan. <em>29 October, from 5pm to 7pm and 30 October, 10am to 3pm, Yalamaya Kendra, Patan Dhoka</em><br />
<strong>A People War Exhibition</strong>, Nepal's conflict history in pictures. <em>Every day except Tuesdays, 11am-4pm, Patan Dhoka. For school visits, call 5549948, </em><a href="http://www.apeoplewar.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><em>www.apeoplewar.com</em></a><br />
<strong>Lazimpat Gallery Café</strong>, screening of Suryoyo, a documentary by Turkish filmmaker Selda Meral.<em> Starts 6.30pm, Lazimpat</em><br />
<strong>Planet Nepal</strong><strong>Friday, 29 October<br />Patan Museum</strong><br />
11am-5pm: discussions on the environment with ENPHO and ICIMOD, documentary screening of Ushuaïa (Nicolas Hulot, Nepali version) and Home (Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Nepali version)<br />
<strong>Patan Darbar Square</strong><br />
5.30pm : Official opening<br />
5.55pm : Conceptual Light design/Installation by Karl Knapp<br />
6pm : Kutumba in concert, Nepali folk instrumental ensemble<br />
6.30pm : Performance Installation Fusion by Karl Knapp and Salil Subedi<br />
7pm : Lo'Jo Trio in concert, French world band<br />
<strong>Saturday, 30 October<br />Patan Museum</strong><br />
11am-4pm: roundtables on the environment with ENPHO and ICIMOD, documentary screening of Ushuaïa - A la recherche des Hommes – Nature (Nicolas Hulot, French version)<br />
<strong>Patan Darbar Square</strong><br />
11am : Start of an all-day performance by students from Kathmandu University Centre for Art and Design & Lalit Kala Campus<br />
12pm : Exposition of the 'Rickshaw Project' and meeting with the artists<br />
3pm : Performance by Salil Subedi & EarthBeat 'Looking for Eco' with live audience interaction<br />
4pm : Lo'jo Trio in concert, French World Band<br />
7pm : Tryo in concert, French Reggae Band<br />
<strong>Sunday, 31 October<br />Patan Museum</strong><br />
11am-5pm: roundtables on the environment with ENPHO, ICIMOD, and Fairplaylist ('Music industry and the Environment'), with screening of Home (Yann-Arthus Bertrand, English version) and Pani (Water, in Nepali with English subtitles), followed by a discussion with director Sushma Joshi<br />
<strong>Patan Darbar Square</strong><br />
3pm : Performance by Salil Subedi & EarthBeat: 'Looking for Eco', with live audience interaction<br />
4pm : Tryo in concert, French reggae band<br />
7pm : Planet Nepal concert with Kutumba, Nirnaya Da'NSK and Rock Sitar<br />
<em></em><br />
<hr size="1" />
<em></em><em></em><strong>DINING</strong><br />
<strong>Boudha Stupa Restaurant & Cafe,</strong> enjoy wood-fired pizza with a superb view of Boudha stupa and free wifi, candlelight dinner options are also available for the romantics every full moon night. <em>Boudha, 2130681</em><br />
<strong>Waffles promotion</strong> at The Lounge from <em>12.30pm to 4.00pm every day, Vegetarian Buffet at The Cafe every Tuesday from 6.30pm, and Arabian Nights at The Cafe every Friday from 6.30pm at Hyatt Regency, Boudha, Kathmandu, 4491234, 4489362</em><br />
<strong>Singma Food Court,</strong> for the best Singaporean and Malaysian cuisine in town. <em>Pulchok, 5009092 and Bhatbhateni, 4411078, </em><a href="mailto:foodcourt@wlink.com" style="text-decoration: none;"><em>foodcourt@wlink.com</em></a><em>, </em><a href="http://www.singma.foodcourt.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><em>www.singma.foodcourt.com</em></a><br />
<strong>Ghangri Café,</strong> a quiet place with comfortable sofas and a lovely courtyard, perfect for those sunny afternoons. Although famous for their open sui mai, they offer a few other great dishes as well. <em>Pulchok</em><br />
<strong>Roadhouse Café</strong>, serves pizzas cooked to perfection in wood-fired ovens.<em> Jhamel, 5521755</em><br />
<strong>Ramalaya Tea Room</strong>, now open for dinner, experience Chef Mohit's creations from Cider-brined Pork Chops to Guava Cheese, also 10% discount on evening dinners to all Nepali Times readers when they mention this ad. <em>Pani Pokhari, near Japanese Embassy,</em> for bookings call 4006589, 4006589, <a href="http://www.rde.com/index.phph/tea-room" style="text-decoration: none;">www.rde.com/index.phph/tea-room</a><br />
<strong>Organic Café and Salad Bar</strong>, hearty breakfasts and healthy salads while you catch up with your reading or emails in the heart of Thamel. <em>Chakshibari Road, Thamel, 4215726</em><br />
<strong>Aqua Java Zing</strong>, soar high on a low budget, buy one cocktail, get one free, buy two hookahs, get one free, only during happy hours from <em>2pm to 6pm. Ganesh Man Singh Road, Thamel</em><br />
<strong>Dhokaima Cafe</strong> has a new menu, try the Blackened Norwegian Salmon and Grilled Shrimp Ajillo<em>. Patan Dhoka, 5522113</em><br />
<strong>Kakori at Soaltee Crowne Plaza</strong>, Kebabs, curries and more, enjoy Indian food at its best.<em> Everyday 7pm to 10.45 pm for dinner, Soaltee Crowne Plaza, Tahachal, call 4273999 for reservations</em><br />
<strong>Saturday BBQ Brunch,</strong> enjoy a mouth-watering Mongolian BBQ at Gokarna Forest Resort. <em>Every Saturday, Gokarna Forest Resort, Gokarna, 4451212, </em><a href="mailto:info@gokarna.net" style="text-decoration: none;"><em>info@gokarna.net</em></a><em>, Rs 1500 plus taxes</em><br />
<strong>The Kaiser Cafe Restaurant & Bar</strong>, enjoy a pleasant BBQ lunch in the ambient settings of The Garden of Dreams.<em>Every Sunday, 12pm to 3pm, Kaiser Mahal, Thamel, Rs 1200 per person, 4425341</em><br />
<em></em><br />
<hr size="1" />
<em></em><em></em><strong>MUSIC</strong><br />
<strong>Jazzmandu</strong>, a week-long jazz festival with performances from artists around the world:<br />
<strong>Valley Jams</strong> at Upstairs Jazz Bar (Lazimpat), Moksh (Jhamsikhel), and House of Music (Thamel). Performances by<em>Simak Dialog, Alukomarai and others. 29 October, 7.30pm to 9.30pm, Rs 400</em><br />
<strong>Gokarna Jazz Bazaar</strong> at Gokarna Forest Resort. Live music by <em>Ari Hoenig, Cadenza Collective, Kutumba and others. 30 October, 2.30pm to 10pm, Rs 699</em><br />
<strong>Jazz for the Next Generation</strong> at Kathmandu Jazz Conservatory, <em>Jhamsikhel. 31 October, 2.30pm to 4.30pm, free</em><br />
<strong>Jazzmandu Master Class</strong> at Kathmandu Jazz Conservatory, <em>Jhamsikhel. 1 November, 4.30pm to 5.30pm, free</em><br />
<strong>Jazz at Patan</strong> at Patan Museum Square, Ari Hoenig trio, Cadenza and Friends.<em> 2 November, 4.30pm to 5.30pm, Rs 1199</em><br />
<strong>All Star Fever at Shambala Garden</strong>, Hotel Shangri-La, Lazimpat. Individual sets followed by a final jam. <em>3 November, 6.30pm to 10pm, Rs 799</em></div>
<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" size="1" width="100%" />
<ins id="aswift_1_expand" style="border: none; display: inline-table; height: 60px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 468px;"><ins id="aswift_1_anchor" style="border: none; display: block; height: 60px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 468px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="60" hspace="0" id="aswift_1" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="aswift_1" scrolling="no" style="left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px;" vspace="0" width="468"></iframe></ins></ins><br />
<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" size="1" width="100%" />
<div id="c7386">
</div>
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="bottom"></a></td><td background="http://nepalitimes.com/img/32pxtdot.gif" valign="top" width="32"><img height="1" src="https://nepalitimes.com/img/32pxtdot.gif" width="32" /></td><td valign="top" width="286"><table><tbody>
<tr><td width="384"><div class="category" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; text-transform: uppercase;">
LATEST ISSUE<br />
<a href="http://nepalitimes.com/issue/638" style="text-decoration: none;"><img alt="638" border="1" height="193" src="https://nepalitimes.com/imgbank/issue/638" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" title="638" width="120" /></a><br />
<span class="subcategory" style="color: #666666;"><b></b>(11 JAN 2013 - 17 JAN 2013)</span></div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 286px;"><tbody>
<tr><td width="384"><div class="section">
<div id="___gcse_0">
<div class="gsc-control-searchbox-only gsc-control-searchbox-only-en" dir="ltr">
<form accept-charset="utf-8" class="gsc-search-box gsc-search-box-tools" style="font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 4px; width: 286px;">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="gsc-search-box" style="border-spacing: 0px; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 2px; width: 286px;"><tbody>
<tr><td class="gsc-input" style="padding-right: 12px; vertical-align: middle;"><div class="gsc-input-box" id="gsc-iw-id1" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); height: 25px;">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="gstl_50 " id="gs_id50" style="padding: 0px; width: 201px;"><tbody>
<tr><td class="gsib_a" id="gs_tti50" style="padding: 4px 8px 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 181px;"><input autocomplete="off" class="gsc-input" dir="ltr" id="gsc-i-id1" name="search" size="10" spellcheck="false" style="background-image: url("https://www.google.com/cse/static/en/google_custom_search_watermark.gif"); background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: none; font-size: 16px; height: 1.25em; margin: -0.0625em 0px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; width: 181px;" title="search" type="text" /></td><td class="gsib_b" style="vertical-align: middle;"><div class="gsst_b" dir="ltr" id="gs_st50" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: 16px; padding: 0px 2px; position: relative; white-space: nowrap;">
</div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</div>
</td><td class="gsc-search-button" style="vertical-align: middle; width: 71px;"><input class="gsc-search-button gsc-search-button-v2" src="https://www.google.com/uds/css/v2/search_box_icon.png" style="background-color: #357ae8; background-image: none; border-radius: 2px; border: 1px solid rgb(47, 91, 183); color: white; font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; height: 13px; margin-left: 2px; margin-top: 2px; min-width: 13px; padding: 6px 27px; width: 13px;" title="search" type="image" /></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<div class="category1" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase;">
ADVERTISEMENT</div>
<br />
<div style="vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.qatarairways.com/np" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="https://nepalitimes.com/assets/uploads/advertisement/00da5-1.jpg" /></a></div>
<br />
<div style="vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://himalmag.com/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="https://nepalitimes.com/assets/uploads/advertisement/5cd1c-new_signature.jpg" /></a></div>
<br />
<div>
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" target="_blank"><img src="https://nepalitimes.com/assets/uploads/advertisement/dc40a-panasonic.jpg" /></a></div>
<div>
<a href="http://i.imgur.com/mlXxJdX.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="https://nepalitimes.com/assets/uploads/advertisement/1f3b6-honda-ad.jpg" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<ins id="aswift_2_expand" style="border: none; display: inline-table; height: 90px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 120px;"><ins id="aswift_2_anchor" style="border: none; display: block; height: 90px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 120px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="90" hspace="0" id="aswift_2" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="aswift_2" scrolling="no" style="left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px;" vspace="0" width="120"></iframe></ins></ins><br />
<div class="category1" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase;">
</div>
<div>
</div>
<br />
<div>
<a href="http://nepalitimes.com/subscription.php" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_parent"></a></div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 988px;"><tbody>
<tr><td bgcolor="#999999" valign="top"><img height="1" src="https://nepalitimes.com/img/1pxt.gif" width="1" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="info" height="60" style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; padding-top: 8px;" valign="top"><a href="http://www.himalkhabar.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><img alt="himalkhabar.com" border="0" src="https://nepalitimes.com/img/himalkhabar.gif" title="himalkhabar.com" /></a> <br />
NEPALI TIMES IS A PUBLICATION OF <a href="http://www.himalmedia.com/" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: none;">HIMALMEDIA PRIVATE LIMITED</a> | <a href="http://nepalitimes.com/about.php" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: none;">ABOUT US</a> | <a href="http://nepalitimes.com/advertise.php" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: none;">ADVERTISE</a> | <a href="http://nepalitimes.com/subscription.php" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: none;">SUBSCRIPTION</a> | <a href="http://nepalitimes.com/terms.php" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: none;">TERMS OF USE</a> | <a href="http://nepalitimes.com/contact.php" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: none;">CONTACT</a><br />
<div style="float: right;">
</div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div id="_atssh" style="border: 0px !important; height: 1px; position: absolute; top: -9999px; visibility: hidden; width: 1px; z-index: 100000;">
<iframe id="_atssh513" src="https://s7.addthis.com/static/sh.54c6626dbe9f22c083627c06.html#rand=0.39941728627309203&iit=1483430524882&tmr=load%3D1483430523763%26core%3D1483430524094%26main%3D1483430524872%26ifr%3D1483430525036&cb=0&cdn=0&md=2&kw=Nepali%20Times%2CNepalitimes%2CNepal%20News%2CNews%20of%20Nepal%2CNews%20on%20Business%2Ceconomics%20%26%20more%20news%20from%20Nepal%2Cnews%2Cnepal%2Cmaoist%2Celection%2Chuman%20rights%2Cwomen%2Ccivil%20society%2CKunda%2CKanak%2Cdixit%2CUNMIN%2Chydropower&ab=-&dh=nepalitimes.com&dr=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com.np%2F&du=http%3A%2F%2Fnepalitimes.com%2Fnews.php%3Fid%3D17601&href=http%3A%2F%2Fnepalitimes.com%2Fnews.php&dt=About%20town%20-%20Nepali%20Times&dbg=0&cap=tc%3D0%26ab%3D1&inst=1&jsl=32&prod=undefined&lng=en&ogt=&pc=men&pub=ra-4ee46d1d1aa671b8&ssl=0&sid=586b5a7bfabeea55&srpl=1&srf=0.01&srx=1&ver=300&xck=0&xtr=0&og=&csi=undefined&rev=v7.8.6-wp&ct=1&xld=1&xd=1&fcu=WGtaeyN96t8" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; height: 1px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px; z-index: 100000;" title="AddThis utility frame"></iframe></div>
<div class=" fb_reset" id="fb-root" style="background-image: none; border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px; cursor: auto; direction: ltr; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; text-shadow: none; visibility: visible;">
<div style="height: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: -10000px; width: 0px;">
<div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" aria-hidden="true" frameborder="0" id="fb_xdm_frame_http" name="fb_xdm_frame_http" scrolling="no" src="https://staticxx.facebook.com/connect/xd_arbiter/r/iPrOY23SGAp.js?version=42#channel=f2c4a36451a20ec&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fnepalitimes.com" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1;" tabindex="-1" title="Facebook Cross Domain Communication Frame"></iframe><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" aria-hidden="true" frameborder="0" id="fb_xdm_frame_https" name="fb_xdm_frame_https" scrolling="no" src="https://staticxx.facebook.com/connect/xd_arbiter/r/iPrOY23SGAp.js?version=42#channel=f2c4a36451a20ec&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fnepalitimes.com" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1;" tabindex="-1" title="Facebook Cross Domain Communication Frame"></iframe>http://nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=17601#.WGtaeyN96t8Sushma Joshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801489353753793086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234610.post-55325670561919300652010-08-31T05:27:00.000-06:002015-01-28T05:28:32.222-07:00Gai Jatra<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RBq-Djqy4gU" width="459"></iframe><br />
<br />
Gai Jatra, or "Cow Carnival," is a festival that takes place in <br />
Kathmandu every monsoon. The story goes like this: A queen loses her beloved child and falls into a depression. Her husband takes the help of a holy man, who promises her that if she can get a sesame seed from the home where there's never been a death, the child can be brought back to life. The procession goes through all the homes where there's been a death that year. The queen finally comes out of her grief when she realizes death is inevitable.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Gai Jatra is also characterized by satire of governments and people in high places. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Sushma Joshi took these photos in 2010. These photos show a very small slice of what was going on in Kathmandu on that day. Enjoy!Sushma Joshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801489353753793086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234610.post-40158725331268703612010-08-10T23:45:00.000-06:002015-02-27T23:37:29.162-07:00A Nepali Émigré in Paris<em>A Nepali Émigré in Paris</em> and <em>Water</em> were shown at the <a href="http://www.tras.ca/filmfest/2008/films.html">3rd Annual Nepali Film Festival</a> in Vancouver.<br />
<br />
A Nepali Emigre in Paris<br />
(2006, 4 min.)<br />
Director: Sushma Joshi<br />
A Nepali man flees political repression in Nepal in the late 1980s as the fight for democracy begins. After living in Paris for 20 years, he has had no reason to look back - until now, when both his loyalty and his love are torn between two sides. <br />
<br />
You can <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIlWUQ8QBKo">see the film on Utube here, by clicking on this link.</a>Sushma Joshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801489353753793086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234610.post-27534879311038382312009-11-09T22:59:00.000-07:002015-02-07T04:59:02.312-07:00UK Nepal Climate Change Film Competition - 3 minutes shorts<br />
<div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;">
<img src="data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/2wCEAAkGBxQTEhUUExQWFhUXGRwbGRcYGB4YHxkeHBwYGB8gGhcYHCggHBonHRgdITEhJSorLi4uGB8zODMsNygtLi0BCgoKDg0OGhAQGzAkICQsLCwsLCwsLC4sLDQsLSwsLSwsLCwsLCwsLCwsLCwsLC8sLCwsLCwsLCwsLywsLCwsLP/AABEIAMUAjAMBIgACEQEDEQH/xAAcAAAABwEBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQMEBQYHAgj/xABAEAABAwIDBgMFBgUCBgMAAAABAgMRACEEEjEFBhMiQVFhcZEjMlKBoQcUQrHR8BVDYnLBgpIWJDOy4eJTY6L/xAAaAQADAQEBAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQMCBAUG/8QAMBEAAgIBAwMCBQIGAwAAAAAAAAECEQMSITEEE2FBUQUUIpGhsfFCYnGBweEVI1L/2gAMAwEAAhEDEQA/AKh9nu6h2jiw2Z4LcKeULQPwpnoVQfGATXpbZuAbYbS0yhLbaRCUpEAVFbj7EGDwTDOUJUEgueKyJUSRqZtPhU/QNuwUKFCgQKKaZ7V2m1h2lOurCEpBNyBMCYAOp8K8+b57/wCJx8oks4c/yUm6h/8AYvr/AGi14vrQNKzWd4vtQwGFJSHC+4PwMwuPNc5R61QcZ9tmKUTwsMy2P6lKcPqAkfSs2DfyoZKVm1Euq/tc2mTZbAHbg/8AtRs/a7tIGSphQ7cKPqFVSclO9kbOL7zbIUElxWUE3v0GoudKLHSNN2P9tqgYxeFt8bCp9W1keoV8q0nd7e3CY0D7u+hSvgJyrHmg3rznvLu2/gXEt4lISVAlCkmUrAsYPcSJHSRUWEkKCgcqgZSoGCCNClQuD5UWLSnwevJo6xXcP7VFtkM7QVmRonEaFPSHQNR/WNOvetnacCgCkggiQQZBB0II1FMw0d1C72btM49hTL4tqhQ95tXRST3/AD0qaoUCPJm8WwXcFiF4d4cyLhQ0Wk6KT4Ht0Mio3LXo37Vt0hjcIVoTOIYBW3AuoWKkeSgPUCvPCbgEaGkVi7R6+ijoUKZIFETR1l/2u72hKFYJknOse2UDGRJ/DI/Er6DzFJugKH9pm3U47GlSUp4bEtIUDmzwokr7C8xHQAzeqtlrQNn4FBcQr7uyWnEYFKSW05VKU7D4R/UG85VGgSCYpHGbNjG4NCcO1wVrj/pplzmh4OjQZNANAACCZrBRMouWhkq8/wAGYeQ0AA2F/eHeE2mHsyOAksZsqzyrcdIGVRKUpgGKQxu6jKG1KSt8gB+XSpoNtlkAp4icuY5ickBQuDHYAWU0oolItIm17WMi4g9DOhq9Y7dZDLTxQFrHBXJcyqKFtuoEoIQiykqJFjIuCoQapxbpWFmwYLeDBvYRjDbUxOGxCnRIUmQEgAQXVfy3JMTyzBtrVN3/ANx38O6t5llCsKbp4CYDabQFoknr7wkGOlVHh0/2dtbEMJKGX3EI+AKlPySbAeUU9Qqohwjyq8/Zlvr9xc4L6j90X1P8lXcdkHqOlj3qpOyolSjJJknua5yUtQ3ueqkKkSNDpXVZr9j28pcaODcPOyJbJPvN6R5oMDyKfGtJFUTsmwGvP/2j7nPNY5w4Zkqad9oIFklROYCB8QJ/1V6BoUwBQoU3x2LQ02pxw5UIBKj2AoAht9N5U4FjiRmcVyto+JXc/wBI1J/UV5/cKlqUtZKlqJUpR1Uo3Jqf3p24vGv8ZQypAyto+BMzf+o6n5DpUM43YxrXLOdvY0iU2NuW5iEF5XCZaP43bZhpPl4mu8ZuOW2HX0u4d1pCM0t82eNU2kAi2verRvugq2fhuFdkZCqLgDJykx0CtfGKrGyMFiDhsQplWViBxATlDmvuyLkDWO4FeRi6nLkj3NaitVVXmufdlWkthDeDdP7swh4uMuoWrKC2CQbFUzoRymuNv7LWy1hUrcbWgoUtpKI9lmykiYm8i89D2qy7acybK2eqArK4lWU6KypcMHw6UrvMGmXcA4jDse1QrMjKAk5yyOmsZjE08XWZPpUt95r030/oDSM7GHQL5Uj5ClCitWxS8OjaCcIMGyQ4kZlkCdFEQmI/D9aS2K1hnMU/gvujSW0A8/vKN0i5Ike9a9oo/wCU+nVofGrlcXQtHky4oo0tEkAAkkwABJJNgABqat267CkYVb5GEQjNAfxIUuTMQEggATabdamdt4dpjHYBxtpqXrKSPcmWwFojqM5g+VWn16jNwSvmv7Kw07WUDaGzlsLLbgyrABImYkSJjrTYJrUMXgW8XtQtOtoyMIKyRYu5uGAF9wP81HY1zCPMupdcwSVgEslgFJBvyqnXQDxk2qcPiN6U4u6Tdelg4lR3d2ocJimn+iFc/wDYbK9AZjuBXpFJkW0rzNwpH+K3/cnEFeAwylXPCSD8uX/FexilexJk3QoUKsIpeD+0jCqSOIHG1dRlKgD/AHJ1Hyqp76b4qxY4TQKGfxZgJWQZGhsm0xqZqutt8qtLAfmBb1+lcIbuJ08K4ZZpNUA14dDJTnLXK0GDFTsLLRuijGholtTScPJPtxKfHLBBy/OK73jwmMdw6yp3DnDoEwxISrp3OljrFOt8EzgcPw7tcuaNIy8s+Ez84qvbNw75YxBZMMwOILAK192eoGsHqK8bGu5/3/TH6qprzXPuWbrYmd4sbim2Wy59zW0pYy8NBIlPPbmiOWLeNRb+9uIWU5kYc5DKfZG3h79h+gqwB9CMHgAtpDoUpKQFaJzSCQIuYppjNjpG0VNtMIcTlCyhRKUJkamAbT07ms4J4kmpw41O+Fs6Y3foQuJ3nfcdbdKWs7RJSUoN5GXm5pIjyoI3ofDxfAZDhRkMIMETmkgK97xmp3aWBacwTrsYbOg8q8PpEixub3NvI0HX2EYJrEHCNKUVBOXQWzCSYvppVFlwOKrH66a/P2FTvnyQSN5XgFpKWFIWc2RTcpSbXQM1tJvN6GP3nxDyUBYalCkqSpKIUCkgj8RESBIirJid3mVbSS3lAb4fEKBYEgkRHbqfKj2OrDvnEn7o2ksi0iygM+ojlVKfQ0n1HTpKax3sn6bXsFS4srOM3mxDjrb3s0LbkAoTE5ss58xOYcooYzeJ5xC0cNhsOe+W28pX5kk1O4fCNIwyH8uGC31Zv+YPIkGTlbiNB+7VBb3HCoUleHW2QpPMhtYISsRYdpB+lWwzwzmoRhxsn/T/AHwJ2ldkLw62X7NZ/h7U91x5ZjWDffV8xB1Pp5VP7K39xbDbbaCMralERYrBSsZVzIIzKSqwHuR1r2Mb0u2R1o9CUKzPdf7Q1rcw2HX7dbyoU7ytFEJJUFMgWAMBJnmGY2iDpVdaknwOzB2E+8I1SR/n/FHh2bkz7sK8xIn6GfWlG03o/K1iPMX/AMWrzUiWobLZgkdq5yU8cQSAr5HzGk+Y/I9qSUm1FMNQ92XvA6wnIkoUi/IsTHlBB+WlDaW3nX08M5EI1yNiAfO5qd2q8tLGGTlClOIyOJ9mEqnuocyXIiFaCe9PMVs5LhUhcKbOMnMFoSQ2WbmU9Asm1Y+SxatVKymt1yV3F7xuuJSktsgJUFJyoUIKSDbmtpHkaDu9D3FS7DSVJBBhJhYOUwqVSYy2vaTUgdislPK2tKyh2JeSrKtswBEAHMDN7WtXGykqOFH3XJx+JLubIFZAOWOJbJ3isfIYeNK9fyHcl7jJreVwIKEtYYIP4QgxfyXfzNJv7ecWzwC2yERFkGR4jngHrMdalsRs9pxLrqlIUo8QrcacCENqQEhtKWjdQcve+lqWXsXDBRBbXylif+YFw6SlfTRsjpc010GK7UV7hrl7kX/HX33mj7FpYUYXBSIIghZUoynw7xU6/jFtsvqfWwCtBDaGfxKIUJMkqJMjyg1G4jY2GQ2pSpAH3gFwvo5Q0RkOT8ZMpBA0kTcilcHgcC27hTOcOLASpS05HZbKicv9KgBERJAN6jk+Fxm0lSS8eb5NLJJFD2ZvS+01wcrWIaSRyuoJyG/VKhGh71G7Z2w5ilhbnDEDKlLacqUj1JPmSau7mDbUwCphOY4PEZGeO2VBxLgJHESLqymZPjFdP7t4d1/2hKobw4KBiG2+C2UKDjhWAA5kUnLHzMyK749NCMtUVTMNtqjOaVSxY5jkIEjOCMwieW3vGRA0IMzVye3WYGDUtAVn+7l3iF5OVRQ4Ej2ZEpCkHP4aC9VMuuMqUjNOZJEGSkhQCSQD4JF/6R2rbjRkdbCxBSvPmDKW0HM62lHEAKk3TxDzOAmOW8TrWivfaoriOBlhlTaVFKFuPltSwAObJwjANZJSycMsgEIJB0Nu5HfvTU2lsFl3yU5DQsdEqF7WSRF/kqD5KrnJT7ZDiQvK5GVVpNwlRsCRPunRXgfCtLGciyEe0iCUq5QbE6wRofkfoTXDjZEhQhX/AIqZ2pswiwSQpI0NypI0NrFaNFRqIV3qQ2Rg2nRlyqW24AkKF1MLEkBcD3dcqo0kGn2jdtuiv4rAtpaC0yFBQS4CQSJSVSpAAKBIMa5he1d4rYYQFStslIXICVfgCVK1HRKwfnFPNtYJ9khDpKkgjIqOUwLX+IC0GmxxzszxFSSSTa5Iynp1AA+VGhCc6e4H9hgFXMhMFYCTKjDakpUZCQDGcH50Q2GTKcySrRIg3UHeCRJFubr40bmOdV7zij73/wCozdOsD0oOY91Wrijr9SFdu4BnvRoQd2Im7schxtBUg55hVwBFjINx4d7Uo9sQBNj7QFcpIIzBKW1coKRlMOXCje0VwrEuFQUVHMNDAtMzoOsmaitv7exjZlK8zZESUg5CRlOnQiBe1qTikOM03Q22tsl0pLK8S2GGVOEJKFZWi1lLgByZiQHAQqSFX6io9zdPkW4hxCwlpC1AIVm5kcQgpAkJiwUbEzpFKq31xBzZilUpy30g+8DOskCuH94MyCkOPNJKSgNoykRlAF4kSOUgdKX0lr9yupZT2H06eddcIACye40t0+XzpwhtKilKSQpVoVljNoBmJAynudKcr2O+kqSWl5kTxBFkkQYzglKzlKVQmTesDG+CWguNh1Sg0FDNEkgSCYEj4RYEG1r07xTKVrW60pLbeZULcWUZyOaGwqTmylPIST53rj7u442hS1gAJhoLOTOgSVFskALANjBJlQFR5EHofEEEfIjUUxgihApdGQpOY5FJHKQFK4hnRV4TAOoHTvRPNZSRM9iLgjobaW6UqEaJkoiilooRXp9o8bulj2MlOITkzKDgSDmBuhSbBY6kECCR5H8JqWxGxV5+OxDT340m6HPOO/f6TVMwj621haDCk38+4PcVoOw9toxCfhWPeT/kdxWZQaO7p8sMmz5FGHE4hCkutlJ0WhYm+tjoodiPpVa2puWoElhUj4FG48lfr61dRRmpnXLEpqpGR4rBrbMOIUg/1CPQ6H5UiE1rziAbEAjsajG8BhHisJbaVkVlVAHKqAYMdYI9aexzS6SX8LM1y03xam7Icj2lgCDBPYnQfOrLv3jcHgUJyIaL5Wn2SsyuTMM5KAq3LME2nvWc7z4/DPuOONOYgE5ciFJQGxHQZYIgaEgmaxOcUZXTST3Y/XicIhJCUpUCSkJSicyhlESbdReamcHgcA0CpWIwyToUtuJWRE++omAAQRA1NqzUV1lKrACQLCANJN/30qHd8F44Uudz0Bg9l4dhDZRh23cQsQSAkkq/EVuQQlIPXyAk2qibwYhzDB1eAQoNnOjEIOHcCE5SYcl1KUlSYKQoTIImYENNyN1RikLWw9kbSR7MrXxUQFQZaWhCCpcqAIVYDuZm/wDjZeGwysLtJpb7sZVKAhLiFkiFKIEOBMz3KbE1u7W+xf0M8wG2X2UNBGIcShslISL8NJgnKpQIkgG2vLSzrDLqTwnXQEqJyOoQIK1dCg2kCb2lMCKPYi3+EhsKQpsL5ULQHYUo5StSEmeW5HEso2SCdHbuxXEhIUeUxIbSepWTYQkmYABsAqOlYjCUuESnkjHllecSkSASb2MRI7xrS+D2k40nKnLEzdINdu7PWVJGRaUqACSsGCY0kC0xp0pjHexGoNiD2IPWsNNegJpmoUJrmaE19H2z5juHVdtOFJCkkpUNCLGkqE0doFlp2XbYu9SVQh6EK+L8J8+xqyhU6VkhqQ2ftt5myFyn4VXHy6j5GubJ0l7xPTwfE6VZPuTO9+8OMwis6WmThzYLMkg/1CRHykeIovs+2NicOHC6Ult0JWLkqKzqTYAEg38RTljfBpQh1pQ7xCx6a1M4XbmHX7rqZPQnKfRUGoyjOMa0nsw6/DOGmLXn3IHfHcJvHvNuqcU2UpyqyJTKxMiVEajp5mqHj92cEjFHDw+XhARh0rbQHREhaHFTJVF0khUknQVtH3hHxJ9RVOwu5+Gw2IZeZd4aG82cKWXVOmIQC46pRQhMqOVMSSJ0rkljv0E3Ep209y14NpuXOItLgcbQEQ3xApIHFcTzwQBFwEgLJMA1WmsGpTik5GnyVqKVOZms+cg+wTmCSq6nAk3ASZtarPvhDuJLS8W6hsJUXXiCpLoMqTkQ3KUtte6SYJ4g1M1H7NwQZSh7D53XErkodARnCSCggOZkodTJggaK6Gl2ZSeyJTzY48sv24O7y2GHFBRQXAQylSY4aYEFbcCXCoZlE3MJ0vWb73bYcxDjrS8Wh4NrMAsFBSpMhWRSUQEeKlGZ8jVvd3lfxCATLST/ACwMsRa5FzUI7s4rWSp1RSoplEACBNpESDaZ/Sut9HJxVHFL4lC3Ffcjt3WkHBnNMErkDuYAEAibAWNFsLaTCCEJWuFhIGbMQDcXmySSeljIqH2e8cO4pl4DLNyUlQBgpzAAiykm/wAvGpjYUPLcWE5GEjIls3Cp5iVDQ6/Ws4nbjFc8E8ySUpS4e9ljJ79DTP8AhrRJK0JWokkqUkT5WiwpwkAAAaDQUc16Lwp8o8tZmuBLPRFfr0ptxK5cXY+R/Kul8HMrs4e2g4lKSWFKUvRCDcQkKObMAAZMUbePcKspYWBJ5+lpjW5mBp3qLQ82GklLzjYPDHEXn5veMJCiQCYM9KLDOpK0BOMWTKeU/wAw21nvHhaajqd/sdvajT2/DJHD7QeLairDLS4EghJMgm8pB7j60S9ov5bYZWaVSknQWymdDN9Ph8RUdsXEtnMtt9xQOdRbUINzqkHSIgU1bdaDVsQ8UFY5oOaQmR1sIN/EDsazrdc/oa7UdT+n8MtGCfWpMuN8NUnlmbDxpUqHWoTYTiMqyhxaxmAOeRBA6A9Ob6CpLiVeG8bOPLGptDi3ajEeFNuJQ4lMmN9p4IuqQFKAaHvJkjP1IImDcCpKf359vOm+J2PxC2SbyAkRP/UvcKQR/LmRcAHvTVe6i9Mz0CQPaCIECwVHwgi01HaMm16+TrcXKCTfHgkyqhNRn/Cy4Uha3MrqcoClzATc3E2OYC46Uud3Sg8QuLOXmIzm91G4yiRc28vCtLJuZeBU9/wJ7X2ah9N+VY91X+D3T+VQe7OM4Ti2V2zGPJYkehFvSrDxKrO8zaeIFJIzEc6eoiIPhb8q5OrgsbWaHKe/k6eim8ieCfDW3gl9t7WKZbbISqwU4ZhvNJFwDcgfKmuD3oKU5XkKUsakQJGokRrUUrGpOFdQR7QqCiomc99ZPbSPGne2mmypGZSQoNpB1vHUxXO82TI3KEvb9jqjhxwShOPvv/kmOJRhc2iZtHnamXFrpp+FJJmAQTGtjNvGvU1nm9sdLa0lE5DIBT7sWkD5/Wug2Zsi+nu9dLWrobRSIPEf0KTcAxaIOkEzSmHxSlkBJxKyBJCVAmQoZT4D/MVJ5KV0VWL0sRUyU6tkWvy6D00oJaJNkGbj3fpUh7WcuXGaKsSO4HgI6HxiiUlwmcuMJkwbfiv06kzNT+Y/lZt9P7MZoZV0Qq/ZNciex9KeobXJhOL/AAz7sic2W2vQ0mlC8soTigFR0F7gfXSmuo8My+m8ja/wm/gf0opPY+h/Sny+IItijF1CRYAAg27gmm38VTEcTEXEEZkn0Ovej5l/+WHyyXLCXnGoUPX9xegH1iQCu8TrcfsUFbUSdV4jroUidI0+dJ4raip9m66R1KjqfIdPOnHK5OtIPClvZ1xFa831rkrPj9fr++lIfxJz/wCRfqaH8Scv7RV5m8zOutVsnoXuxRx4gEgSYMDuY0qIwiSnIojiIhQ5QScyokqBuZyx4U5ccMgAgDqevym3zoNQkQPE3vJJk386lkjrkn7Fcf0RaXqQeOw4Qo5Zy+III8DIpupUmTc/sVY8QAtJSev59KraT3FeP1WDtS24Z6/S5u5HflE3xa4VikjUik8O0tfuIUr+1JP5VHZSJkEQYM9Dex8bH0r0J59PBz4OmWS7JX70n4h60oHo0JHlUKBOl/r+xUnsvBPOhXDQVhEAwRaQSNT4H0rMepX8WxrL0ehaojn7yr4lepo04tYMhagRocx/WgrY+JGrK/QH8jSK8A+NWXP9h/StrPifEl90c/bkK/elfEr/AHGgrFKMStRgQOY2Hh2pqppwaoWPNKh/iki5Gs+hreuItDH33hXxKnvJ/fWueJTQKJ0BPkD+lLowbx0acP8AoV+lHcivUO2xTi0fEpdrYOKV/KI/uUlP/cqnzG6bx997Dt/6ys+iRH1qUurwx5khrBL2Ini0OJVnw+6mHH/Uxeb+0BP5zUixsPZydef+5az9EwK55/FMC4tm10sijF7xovvA7j1rSmMPgE+63hx/oE+qgTTxK8N04H+1H6VF/GIekWUXR+TKw941D4gcyoHWtqc2RhXNWGFeSEg+qYNZJvPhQ1i320phKVnKB0BAIF/Op5euh1CSSqi+DA8bbs08Hpp5VBO7vS6pwLRHH4wSUEg8uVQXzQrQEHpfvTtzGqOkD8/rSC1k6kmvAx64NtPk0p1wJYPZKUYjEOuKaKHQQECZAVqOwkWtSW7+y0YVS1cQuFUAcsZQCe5uSCBPhTgChVZZJyTTfNL7C7jJA7RHRJ+Zrk7TV0A+tMaJWlTWOItTHh2k58QHy/WjGIeVoo+oGlTAbw9uVOSQT42HQnTvUBhQnmnKeVWXNYZvwz/5q3bURtMUUHfiV/v/APNcllfX/uH61JxhM4AAydSSdeIkEd/cmPDxpgQ3y2TOQZoNs0qnKSe2WfGtSgl6g4iP3RXb6j9aAwquw9R+tdvIRBgD1/8Aan2ymsOWzxeHnzK95SgYyHLZNve/fSlGCboSVsilJixF/wB9qKpJCGSE+4DF5Uo9PDx/Om2NSgEZIi8wonr4+FJwpXYNDcJJ0pT7qv4DTvBYJK0SSgGTq4EH0I0pVrZifxKaPk8O3l3mmsbY1Ei3WlD+k9Da3jUEvdpBJJdcJJklUEknqTFW3E7PSlJUFIt0DqVegAk1HTQ3KGyFvEOhQoVIyChQoUAFQJo6FAHS3VAjmPrXBoUK0xgoUKFZECjihQoAKhQoUAEaK3ajoUCCB8K6oUKBo//Z" /></div>
<br />
We deliberated for about 16 hours and watched 124 shorts before coming up with these results... The film competition was sponsored by DFID and the British Council. <br />
_________________________________________<br />
<br />
Out of the 126 entries that were received, the following films have been declared winners by the three member jury which consisted of Dr. Tirtha Bahadur Shrestha (writer and conservationist), Sushma Joshi (writer and filmmaker) and Kesang Tseten (writer and filmmaker).<br />
<br />
Winning Short Films <br />
Director(s) <br />
Position<br />
<br />
Act Locally Think Globally <br />
Santoshi Nepal and Ishu Lama <br />
Winner<br />
<br />
Jeopardy <br />
Shiva Sharan Koirala <br />
1st Runner Up<br />
<br />
3 Cs of Climate Change <br />
Binod Kr. Dhami and Padam Raj Paneru <br />
2nd Second Runner Up<br />
<br />
Get Your Act Together <br />
Suresh Limbu <br />
Special MentionSushma Joshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801489353753793086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234610.post-10098434235043004912009-08-29T05:37:00.000-06:002016-08-05T05:38:03.891-06:00Shooting Climate Change <h2 class="date-header" style="background-color: #dddddd; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px; min-height: 0px; position: relative; text-transform: uppercase;">
<span style="color: #333333;">29 AUGUST, 2009</span></h2>
<div class="date-posts" style="background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5px; line-height: 18.9px;">
<div class="post-outer" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 10px; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); margin: 0px -20px 20px; padding: 15px 20px;">
<div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template" itemprop="blogPost" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" style="min-height: 0px; position: relative;">
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="2943255219900638015"></a><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
SHOOTING CLIMATE CHANGE</h3>
<div class="post-header" style="color: #999999; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;">
<div class="post-header-line-1">
</div>
</div>
<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2943255219900638015" itemprop="description articleBody" style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 578px;">
SUSHMA JOSHI<br /><br />When Basanta Thapa of the Himal Association called me up and asked me if I’d like to be one of the jury members of the UK Nepal Climate Change Competition, it sounded easy. “We’ve received three films,” he said. “About seven have registered to send more.” We estimated at the most about two dozen films, each three minutes long, that we’d watch in one sitting.<br /><br />When I rushed in at 9:15am at the judging venue, and said: “I hear we now have 70 submissions!”, Basanta Dai said to me: “Its now 124!” The numbers were incredible, if only because a few years ago one could count the number of filmmakers on the fingers of two hands. As we sat down to watch the first film, I got a tingle in my scalp from the excitement. There were 124 filmmakers in Nepal who were not just interested in climate change issues but who had actually gotten it together to submit films? This, indeed, ws good news for Nepal. This explosion of filmmaking had come not just from access to cheap technology but also to the notion that film was a difficult, expensive and high endeavour available only to the priviledged few. Film had, finally, become a democratic medium for expression.<br /><br />I remember 1998 when I put in a proposal to make a film about water through IRC Netherlands, and was a lonely 26 year old female filmmaker in what appeared to be a rather set and stable world of senior, male filmmakers. My proposal was accepted over the others—and I think I was never quite forgiven for this by my competitors. Admittedly, one reason why the producer chose me was the incredibly low budget I sent in. I guess that undercutting the market price in 1998 was just a hint of times to come, when expensive beta and film would give way to a wave of cheap technology that would allow any youngster with an innovative idea, a camcorder and some familiarity with an editing program to express their views to the world.<br /><br />The 124 films span the spectrum, from professionally shot documentaries to amateur films shot with low budget technology. Styles vary from plain didactic teacherly model of father and mother instructing children, to what appears to be montages of National Geographic footage, to Powerpoint presentations with music, to Kollywood melodramas, to serious documentaries, to stylized dramas, to hiphop videos. The blue globe appears to be a favorite starting motif, with it appearing in over thirty percent of the films! The subtitles (a requirement of the competition was that the films be subtitled in English) are often surreal. Some of the films have nothing to do with the theme—one submission was about the dangers of swine flu (appropriately mistitled “swan flue.”) One filmmaker subtitled his films in what appeared to be Bhanubhakta style poetry lyrics.<br /><br />As the day goes by and the images of the planet heading towards an apocalyptic course piles on top of each other, we find ourselves laughing at moments of light relief. Because of course, underneath the dramas of stories of floods, and glacier lake melts, and food shortages, and carbon emission, is the ever-present thought that we may be heading towards a climactic point of no return. So it is a relief to see films which provide solutions, and which tell us how we may be able to get out of this mess—everything from caps on automobile and industrial pollution, to the termination of chemicals that cause global warming, to changes in lifestyle.<br /><br />What is clear is that the three winning films will not be the end of the story. The story of climate change continues throughout all the other films, the top 10 and even the top 20, and perhaps all 124 films, which string together to tell a story much larger, more profound and more richer than anything that can be seen and understood within 10 minutes. The hope, of course, is that the filmmakers from all backgrounds will continue to tell their stories even after the global climate change conference, where the films will be screened, is over.<br /><br />The lesson from being in the jury is clear. There is a great desire to tell their stories in a new generation of Nepali storytellers. This desire and wish should be nurtured and mentored by international organizations, the Nepal Film Board, but also schools and universities who should add film courses to their traditional curriculum so that young people can learn to tell their stories in creative ways that are just seeming to be possible now. And perhaps, through these creative acts, the linkages to lifestyle changes—less consumerism, choosing more sustainable energy options, using less disposable goods—will appear clearer.<br /><br /><br /><br />Sushma Joshi is a writer and filmmaker. Read more about her documentary WATER here: www.sansarmedia.blogspot.com</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Sushma Joshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801489353753793086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234610.post-88161213740629584922009-05-28T04:48:00.000-06:002015-01-30T04:57:45.162-07:00Judge at the NIIFF (Nepal Indigenous Film Festival), 2009<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img src="http://www.ifanepal.org.np/banner_data/e5e6f-.jpg" /><br /></div>
I was invited to be a judge at the Nepal Indigenous Film Festival in 2009.<br />
<br />
The NIIFF is organized by the <a href="http://www.ifanepal.org.np/">Indigenous Film Archives</a>, one of the most democratic and well respected film organizations in Nepal. IFA has organized 7 film festivals and shown a wide-ranging selection of films from all ethnic and indigenous groups of Nepal.<br />
_______________________________________________________________________________<br />
<br />
<h1 style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 20px 20px; padding: 0px;">
NIIFF 2009</h1>
<div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 5px;">
</div>
<address style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal;">
<div class="content" style="font-size: 9px; line-height: 20px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 5px;">
<strong> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><small><span style="line-height: 12.4583320617676px;">NIIFF 2009 was organized with the following objectives; </span></small></span></span></span></strong></div>
</address>
<div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 5px;">
1. Promote and help in the development of indigenous films<br />2. Provide forum to indigenous filmmakers to show their skills, capacity and learning<br />3. Provide learning environment on indigenous issues and showcase them; <br />4. Help to promote market of indigenous films and <br />5. Support in creation of cultural harmony among different societies.</div>
<div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 5px;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 5px; text-align: center;">
<img src="http://www.ifanepal.org.np/banner_data/05290-.jpg" /></div>
<div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 5px;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">You can view the </span><a href="http://www.ifanepal.org.np/page.php?id=29&pagetitle=Archive" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;">archives in this link. </a></div>
Sushma Joshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801489353753793086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234610.post-72331658058729101372008-12-21T22:42:00.002-07:002008-12-21T22:47:02.830-07:00Participatory Video<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uiTetQ3z0DM/SU8o-eMxraI/AAAAAAAABAM/14jO8NwVjtg/s1600-h/participatoryvideo.jpeg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 128px; height: 195px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uiTetQ3z0DM/SU8o-eMxraI/AAAAAAAABAM/14jO8NwVjtg/s320/participatoryvideo.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282485941652532642" /></a><br /><br />This book, by Shirley A. White, mentions PANI (Water) in the book. <br /> <br />The potential of new information and communications technologies is acknowledged by all today. This book examines the importance of participatory video as a catalyst for development. It shows how powerful video images have been used to promote changes in attitudes and social behaviour, helping communities identify development solutions that are within their reach. Video has been used to reach policymakers, to empower women and to rescue the culture and heritage of indigenous people. As a mediation tool, the power of video has been used to resolve conflicts, achieve consensus and find common ground for collective action. This book brings together practical information on innovative experiences with the use of participatory video. It contains a thoughtful analysis of some essential issues to be taken into account in planning and implementing video processes.<br /><br />Participatory Video: Images that Transform and Empower<br />By Shirley A. White<br />Published by Sage Publications, 2003<br />ISBN 0761997636, 9780761997634<br />412 pages <br /><br />From <a href="http://video-voice.org/blog/2007/11/19/participatory-video-images-that-transform-and-empower-edited-by-shirley-white/">Video Voice Collective Blog</a>: <br /><br />Professor White’s book is an incredible contribution to practitioners of participatory video. It is one of perhaps 3-4 books written on this subject; an early adapter extraordinaire that is sure to be followed by a flood of books on participatory video in the coming years! Professor White’s book reminds us that we are arriving at a truly miraculous era of participatory media and culture. We have a lot to be thankful for because it has never been easier to collaborate, produce, and distribute videos with communities across the globe.Sushma Joshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801489353753793086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234610.post-16829930492880168072008-02-29T01:57:00.000-07:002013-08-19T01:00:44.452-06:003rd Annual Nepali Film Festival: Vancouver, Canada<br />
<br />
<table bgcolor="#CEE6FF" border="0" cellpadding="0" style="height: 600px; width: 900px;"><tbody>
<tr><td align="center" scope="row" valign="top"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" style="height: 125px; width: 800px;"><tbody>
<tr><td align="center" scope="row" valign="top" width="346"><div align="center" class="style14">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="style14">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="style14">
<img align="top" height="200" src="http://www.tras.ca/images/filmfest/banner.jpg" width="800" /><br />
<br />
<br />
</div>
<div align="justify">
<div class="style11">
<b><i><img height="200" src="http://www.tras.ca/images/filmfest/slate.jpg" width="346" /><br />
A Life with Slate <br />
</i>(2006, 59 min.) </b><br />
Director: Dipesh Kharel <br />
<br />
In Alampu, a beautiful and exceedingly remote village
in rural Nepal, more than 90% of villagers work in the local slate
mine. Their lives take on an almost poetic dimension, as women perform
treacherous and arduous work alongside men in the mountainside mines.
We learn how to separate slate slabs from the precipitous rock face and
watch as miners carry heavy slate loads to distant markets. The film
emphasizes the way co-operation between the miners makes this tough life
bearable, and portrays moving scenes of the lives of mining families.<br />
<span class="style26"><br />
<span class="style23">Selected for the Nepal International Indigenous Film Festival 2007 and the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival 2007<br />
<br />
</span></span><b><a href="http://www.tras.ca/filmfest/2008/films.html">back to top</a><br />
</b><br />
<br />
<b><i><img height="200" src="http://www.tras.ca/images/filmfest/yearning.jpg" width="346" /><br />
Yearning for Learning <br />
</i>(2006, 22 min.)</b> <br />
Director: Kedar Sharma <br />
<br />
Twelve-year-old Bharat understands the challenge of
being born into a poor family in a poor country. For many children in
rural Nepal, attending school is a privilege rather than a right. Those
who don't go to school have futures shrouded in uncertainty. Bharat,
however, knows the importance of education. Through his and his
mother's undaunting efforts, he manages to go to school and reserve
some hours of the day for study. As well as telling Bharat's story, the
film discusses issues of child exploitation and abuse of children's
rights in Nepal.<br />
<br />
<span class="style25">Selected for the Jiri Film Festival, Nepal, March 2007</span><br />
<br />
<span class="style23"><b><a href="http://www.tras.ca/filmfest/2008/films.html">back to top</a></b></span> <a href="http://www.tras.ca/filmfest/2008/films.html"><br />
</a><br />
<br />
<img height="200" src="http://www.tras.ca/images/filmfest/icefall.jpg" width="346" /><br />
<span class="style11"><b><i>The Icefall Doctor: Angnima Sherpa <br />
</i>(2007, 28 min.)<i><br />
</i></b> Director: Hari Thapa<br />
<br />
The Icefall Doctor examines the life and work of Angnima
Sherpa who, since 1975, has made the Khumbu Icefall safe for thousands
of climbers. The Khumbu Icefall is the terrifying gateway to Mt.
Everest from the south side. Angnima and his team are the first ones
too reach base camp, and the last ones to leave. Building anchors and
setting ladders, safety is their top priority. This fascinating,
beautiful film brings to light an aspect of climbing of which many
people are unaware.<br />
<span class="style23"><br />
<span class="style26">Selected for the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival 2007 </span></span></span> <br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.tras.ca/filmfest/2008/films.html"><b>back to top</b></a><br />
<br />
<br />
<img height="200" src="http://www.tras.ca/images/filmfest/daughters.jpg" width="346" /><span class="style11"><i><b><br />
Daughters of Everest <br />
</b></i><b>(2004, 56 min.)</b> <b><br />
</b>Directors: Sapana Sakya and Ramyata Limbu<br />
<br />
The award winning and
captivating, <i>Daughters of Everest</i> documents
the first ever expedition of Sherpa women to climb Mt.
Everest. Although the
Sherpa people are legendary for their unmatched skill in
mountaineering, Sherpa women are discouraged from climbing Everest,
relegated instead
to support roles in the climbing industry of Nepal. Told
from a
woman's perspective rarely seen on Everest or off, this
film is both
a dramatic, inspiring Everest story and an absorbing
portrait of the
Sherpa community.<i><br />
<br />
<span class="style25">Awards</span></i><span class="style25"><br />
Best Documentary Award, Mt. Shasta Film Festival, California<br />
Best Climbing Film, The Banff Mountain Film Festival, Canada<br />
Jury Award, Mountain Film, Telluride, Colorado<br />
Best Mountain Culture Documentary Award, Taos Mountain Film Festival, New Mexico<br />
Grand Festival Award, Berkeley Video & Film Festival, California<br />
Nominated for Best Documentary, Asian Film Festival in Dallas, Texas, 2004</span></span>
<span class="style11"><b><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.tras.ca/filmfest/2008/films.html">back to top</a><br />
<br />
<br />
<img height="200" src="http://www.tras.ca/images/filmfest/leader.jpg" width="346" /> Machanaayo, the Leader <br />
(2006, 30 min.)</b> <br />
Director: Deepak Rauniyar <br />
<br />
Troubled by the destruction of beautiful old houses in
Kathmandu, architect and sculptor, Rabindra Puri, quit his job to work
full-time preserving buildings built in traditional Nepali styles of
architecture. The film documents Rabindra's renovation and preservation
of Namuna Ghar, a stunning and intricately designed 150-year old
Newari-style house in Bhaktapur on the outskirts of Kathmandu. Rabindra
won the 2004 UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Award for his work. Namuna
Ghar has inspired more than 10,000 visitors, and stands as a model and
reminder of the importance of preserving Nepal's unique architectural
styles.</span> </div>
<a class="style27" href="http://www.tras.ca/filmfest/2008/films.html">back to top</a> <br />
<br />
<br />
<img height="200" src="http://www.tras.ca/images/filmfest/monsoon.jpg" width="346" /> <span class="style11"><b><i>A Silent Monsoon <br />
</i>(2007, 34 min.)</b> <br />
Director: Pravash Gurung <br />
<br />
<span class="style28">Set in a rural Nepali village,
Nabarasiyeko Jhari (A Silent Monsoon) tells the story of Durga and her
struggle to save her twelve-year-old daughter, Laxmi, from the family
profession of prostitution. Will Durga be able to fight society and her
fate, and set her daughter free? With brilliant performances by
Nepal's most respected actresses, Nisha Sharma Pokharel as Durga and
Subhadra Adhikari as her mother, the film questions "life" and "death"
through three generations of women trapped between custom and
circumstances, wrapped in the alluring beauty of Nepal. <i><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.praveshgurung.com/">www.praveshgurung.com</a><br />
<span class="style25"><br />
Official Selection at the following film festivals:</span></i> <span class="style25"><br />
VC Filmfest: The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, 2007<br />
Aarhus Festival of Independent ArtsDenmark, 2007<br />
Cleveland International Film Festival, 2007<br />
Sarasota Film Festival, 2007 <br />
Sedona International Film Festival, 2007</span></span><a href="http://www.praveshgurung.com/"><br />
<br />
</a></span><span class="style27"><a href="http://www.tras.ca/filmfest/2008/films.html">back to top</a></span>
<span class="style11"><span class="style28"><b><i><br />
<br />
<br />
<img height="200" src="http://www.tras.ca/images/filmfest/kripa.jpg" width="346" />
Kripa <br />
</i>(2007, 80 min.)</b> <i><br />
Director: Maotse Gurung <br />
<br />
</i>During school vacation, an urban girl, Kripa, is
brought back to her natal village by her aunt to live with her deaf
father. Friendless and lonely, she meets a Lahure (a British/Indian
Gurkha), who teaches her to adjust to the village life. She finds
friendships in two village children, Neha and Thagu, and learns to feel
for her father, Ode, as well. It’s not long before Kripa finds herself
caring about a range of social issues.<br />
<br />
Kripa, the film, is a beautiful presentation of
socio-cultural complexity involving the struggle of a reform-minded
individual against the forces who seek to sustain and benefit from
deep-rooted myths and superstition.<br />
<br />
Selected for the Nepal International Indigenous Film
Festival 2007; Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival 2007</span></span><span class="style28"><b><i><br />
<br />
</i></b><span class="style23"><i><span class="style26">Audience Award</span></i><span class="style26">, Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival 2007 (KIMFF 2007)</span></span></span>
<br />
<br />
<span class="style27"><a href="http://www.tras.ca/filmfest/2008/films.html">back to top</a> </span>
<br />
<div class="style11">
<br />
<img height="200" src="http://www.tras.ca/images/filmfest/december.jpg" width="346" /><br />
<b><i>December Blues <br />
</i>(2006, 35 min.) <i><br />
</i></b>Director: Shekar Kharel<br />
<br />
A look at modern day Kathmandu through the eyes of the
affluent youth. This intriguing documentary shows a side of Kathmandu
outside the typical scenes of mountain villages and their inhabitants.
It shows Nepal youth embracing dance clubs, party websites and western
style revelerie. <br />
<br />
<b>back to top</b> <br />
<br />
<br />
<img height="200" src="http://www.tras.ca/images/filmfest/newsroom.jpg" width="346" /><br />
<span class="style11"><b><i>Outside the Newsroom <br />
</i>(2006, 23 min.)<i> <br />
</i></b>Director: Dil Bhusan Pathak <br />
<br />
After learning of the tragic death of a village woman
as a result of abortion by the most conservative and unhygienic means, a
television news anchor embarks on a journey to the remote Accham
district in pursuit of the story. Through the film, we learn about
archaic methods of abortion still prevalent in many parts of Nepal, and
the resulting suffering of women. The film captures the individual
tragedy that is the result of the vicious circle of poverty, ignorance,
gender discrimination and fatalism.</span> <br />
<br />
<b><a href="http://www.tras.ca/filmfest/2008/films.html">back to top</a> </b><br />
<br />
<br />
<img height="200" src="http://www.tras.ca/images/filmfest/emigre.jpg" width="346" /><br />
<span class="style11"><b><i>A Nepali Émigré in Paris</i></b> <b><i><br />
</i>(2006, 4 min.)</b> <br />
Director: Sushma Joshi <br />
<br />
A Nepali man flees political repression in Nepal in the
late 1980s as the fight for democracy begins. After living in Paris for
20 years, he has had no reason to look back - until now, when both his
loyalty and his love are torn between two sides. </span> <br />
<br />
<b><a href="http://www.tras.ca/filmfest/2008/films.html">back to top </a><br />
</b><br />
<br />
<img height="200" src="http://www.tras.ca/images/filmfest/killed.jpg" width="346" /><br />
<b><i>Better to have been Killed <br />
</i>(2007, 52 min.)</b> <br />
Director: Dhruba Basnet <br />
<br />
A beautifully shot film by a Nepali documentary supremo
that documents how journalists were treated during King Gyanendra's
reign.</div>
<div class="style11">
<b><a href="http://www.tras.ca/filmfest/2008/films.html">back to top</a></b><br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="style11"><b><i><img height="200" src="http://www.tras.ca/images/filmfest/water.jpg" width="346" /><br />
Pani (Water) <br />
</i>(2000, 28 min.)<i><br />
</i></b> Director: Sushma Joshi <br />
<br />
Pani documents the lively discussions between the
inhabitants of Lele, a rural Nepali village, about the daily problems
of their water supply system and its management. The film follows the
growing conflict in the community after the installation of a water
pipe and tap system. Gender and caste differences play a vital part in
the disputes as women and lower caste members are excluded from
decision making even though they are the principal users. The film
tracks the wide disparity in control and communication revealing
frustrations that result in the pipe being cut and maintenance fees
unpaid. The lesson portrayed is that even small scale models of
development will not work unless traditional social infrastructure,
especially gender biases and cultural discrimination, are addressed by
donors and local managers.<br />
<br />
<span class="style25">Selected for the Himalayan Film Festival, London, October 2007</span></span> <br />
<br />
<b><a href="http://www.tras.ca/filmfest/2008/films.html">back to top</a></b><br />
<br />
<br />
<img height="200" src="http://www.tras.ca/images/filmfest/ourschool.jpg" width="346" /><br />
<span class="style11"><b><i>Our School <br />
</i>(2006, 28 min.)<i><br />
</i></b>Director: Kedar Sharma </span> <br />
<br />
Our School is a moving portrayal of “inclusive” schools
in Nepal and challenges discriminatory, exclusive practices against
disabled children. The narrator, Ramesh, himself a blind child,
explains how studying in a school with students who can see makes him
feel “normal”. The film focuses on three schools, taken as examples, in
different part of the country: the first is a school for deaf and
hearing-abled students; the second is for blind and sight-abled
students; and the third school, in the capital, teaches children of
brick-makers who come to Kathmandu for six months every year. The film
makes the points that these children are not disabled but rather are
different with their own unique abilities and talents, and should not
be excluded from attending school with other children.<br />
<br />
<b><a href="http://www.tras.ca/filmfest/2008/films.html">back to top</a></b><br />
<br /></div>
</div>
</td>
<td scope="row" valign="top" width="19"></td>
<td align="center" class="style18" scope="row" valign="middle" width="202"><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="style29">Important Info:<br />
<br />
Time: 11am-6:30pm<br />
Date: February 24, 2008 <br />
Place: Langara College<br />
(100 West 49th Avenue)</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row" valign="top"></th>
<th scope="row" valign="top"></th>
<th scope="row" valign="top"></th>
<th scope="row" valign="top"></th>
<th scope="row" valign="top"></th>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" style="width: 850px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td height="289" scope="row" width="844"><div align="center">
<span class="style13"><span class="style21">GOLD FESTIVAL SPONSORS</span><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.everesttrekking.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="47" src="http://www.tras.ca/images/filmfest/everestcanada.jpg" width="268" /> </a> <br />
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.gapadventures.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="71" src="http://www.tras.ca/images/filmfest/gapad.gif" width="249" /></a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.second-wind.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="72" src="http://www.tras.ca/images/filmfest/secondwind.gif" width="247" /></a><br />
<br />
FESTIVAL SPONSORS </span><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.videomatica.bc.ca/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="72" src="http://www.tras.ca/images/filmfest/video.gif" width="211" /></a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.tras.ca/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="115" src="http://www.tras.ca/images/filmfest/sponsortras.gif" width="115" /></a><a href="http://www.ncsbc.org/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="115" src="http://www.tras.ca/images/filmfest/sponsorncsbc.gif" width="115" /></a><a href="http://www.langara.bc.ca/cs/index.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="115" src="http://www.tras.ca/images/filmfest/sponsorlangaracs.gif" width="115" /></a><a href="http://www.langararotaract.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="115" src="http://www.tras.ca/images/filmfest/sponsorlangararotaract.gif" width="115" /></a><br />
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row"></th></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<br />Sushma Joshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801489353753793086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234610.post-1594816793063498122008-02-10T08:05:00.000-07:002008-02-10T08:09:09.076-07:00Nepali Film Festival, Vancouver, 2008"PANI" and "A Nepali Emigre in Paris" will be showing at the Nepali film festival in Vancouver on February 24th, 2008. For more information, visit the website: <br />http://www.tras.ca/filmfest/2008/films.htmlSushma Joshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801489353753793086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234610.post-8201519006340735792007-10-06T10:02:00.000-06:002007-10-06T10:06:17.397-06:00Himalayan Film Festival, LondonPANI is showing at the Himalayan Film Festival in School of Oriental and African Studies, London on October 13. Please go if you can!<br /><br />www.himalayanfilmfestival.co.uk/<br /><br />Saturday Films (13th Oct)<br />The Living of Jogimara 7pm<br />A film about 17 young men from Jogimara village in Dhading district who were killed by security forces while they were building an airport in Kalikot.<br />[Dir. Mohan Mainali, 38mins] <br /><br /><br />The Living of Jogimara - The Wait Continues 7:50pm<br />This is the follow up to the first film to bring us up to date with what has happened in the same small village in Dhading.<br />[Dir. Mohan Mainali, 14mins] <br /><br /><br />Operation free voice 8:10pm<br />Hasta Gurung’s documentary is a chronology of the crackdown on the media after the February 2005 military coup by the king. Overnight, newsrooms were turned into barracks, there was direct censorship and FM stations were not allowed to broadcast news. Operation Free Voice documents the stories of the journalists in the frontlines, how they struggled to uphold their freedom, defied controls and then used media’s power to restore democracy.<br />[Dir. Hasta Gurung, 43mins] <br /><br /><br />Pani (Water) 9pm<br />This video presentation shows the very lively discussions between the inhabitants of the rural Nepali village, Lele, about the daily problems of their water supply system and its management. It follows the growing conflict in the community after a water pipe and tap system was installed. Gender and caste differences play a vital part in the disputes as women and lower caste members are excluded from decision making even though they are the principal users. The video tracks the wide disparity in control and communication revealing frustrations that result in the pipe being cut and maintenance fees unpaid. The lesson portrayed is that even small scale models of development will not work unless traditional social infrastructure, especially gender biases and cultural discrimination, are addressed by donors and local managers.<br />[Dir. Sushma Joshi, 28mins] <br /><br /><br />Suk Bahadur Adhikari 9:30pm<br />After a life spent working as a driver in the British India Government, 79 year old Sukh Bahadur Adhikari has returned home to his village in rural Nepal. At the age when most are content with retirement, Sukh Bahadur sets on the path to fulfill his dreams of pursuing a school education at the age of 79. He attends the local school sitting next to his granddaughter in class 4, and they sit alongside at home completing their assignments. Though lacking formal education, Sukh Bahadur is a man of wisdom and his insights into the nuances of life, religion, culture and development are thrilling to watch. This film provides a heart touching glimpse into the life of a man and his quest for education.<br />[Dir. Dil Bhusan Pathak, 24mins] <br /><br /><br />*All films are in English or with English subtitles.<br />**Please also note that seats are limited and those that arrive first will take priority.Sushma Joshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15801489353753793086noreply@blogger.com