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Film Review of 'Jhola'

                              Film Review of 'Jhola'      Jhola is a traditional art movie based on a book of same name written by Krishna Dharabasi, produced on the banner of Media for Culture for Private limited and directed by Yadav Kumar Bhattrai, this movie features Nepali famous actors and actress like Garima Pantha, Deepak chhetri, Laxmi Giri, Sujal Nepal, Prahlad Khatiwada and Desh Bhakta Khanal in lead roles. The script of the movie was written by late Deepak Alok. The movie was produced after 10 years of extensive research on 'Satee Pratha' that existed in Nepal about a century ago and deals with the same ritual.         The film portrays the climax of violence and cruelty against women in the name of 'Satee Pratha'. In the film a young girl, Kanchi (Garima Pantha) gets married with an old man, Deepak Chhetri who is old enough to be her grandfather shortly a...

The Gardener

             The Gardener Summary       The story, The Gardener was written by a British poet, novelist and short story writer, Rudyard Kipling. In this story the writer shows his hatred for organized society's shallowness of feeling and his faith on the depth and purity of individual feeling.     Helen Turrell was unmarried and independent woman of 35. When she was pregnant she was ashamed of having her baby in her society of Hampshire and went to Marseilles, South of France to have the baby. After returning to her Hampshire home, she cooked up many lies in other to save her face in her society. She told her neighbors that the child she had just brought was the son of her brother, George Turrell. He is an inspector of Indian police and had been engaged with the daughter of a retired non-commissioned officer. As eh had died falling off a horse few weeks before the baby was born and as both of his parents had...

In Bed

                  In Bed Summary    The essay, In Bed was written by an American writer Joan Didion. In this essay the writer describes her private experiences of having migraine headache while imparting some medical facts about it.      At the initial stage of the headache, the writer used to conceal her problem thinking that it would reveal her chemical inferiority, unpleasant tempers, bad attitudes and wrong think. The writer doesn’t have any physical problems like eye strain, high blood pressure and brain tumor. However, she has had it since she was eight. Initially, she used to carry out her routine activities ignoring the pain. When it was unbearable, she would rush to her home wishing to have an operation of her brain.     Both man as well as woman and the aged people as well as two years old child can have migraine. Anything like stress, fatigue, allergy, certain change in air p...

On the Vanity of Earthly Greatness

                   On the Vanity of Earthly Greatness Summary       The poem, On the Vanity of Earthly Greatness was composed by an American poet and journalist, Arthur Guiterman. In this poem the poet is trying to say that the greatness that we are seeking for in this world is valueless it is because it is temporary.    The task of elephant that was used as a weapon in a powerful battle has been billard ball, plaything. The sword war of Charlemagne the just which have might killed and injured many people has rusted now. The grizzly bear that used to frighten everyone with its powerful hug has been turned into a rug. Julius Casear, Roman statesman and army General has been reduced into a bust which has been kept not in any public places but on a shelf. The poet himself is not feeling very well. After his death, he is going to meet the fate of the tusk of elephant, the sword...

The Six Million Dollar Man

            The Six Million Dollar Man Summary        The essay, The Six Million Dollar man was written by an American writer, Harold J. Morowitz. The writer begins this essay with the definition of human body at molecular level and arrives at a philosophical infinity priceless.      The writer received a birthday card from his daughter and son in law. The caption in the card stated that the materials that make up a human body are worth 97 cents. The writer questioned the statement with a suspicion that human body cannot be as cheap as 97 cents and decided to make a through study of the entire matter.       First of all, he went to biochemical company and brought a list of the ingredients along with their prices. Some of the ingredients were quite cheap while others were relatively more expensive. Calculating the price of all the ingredients, he came to know that ...

Malini

                                  Malini Summary     Malini is a poetic play written by Bengali Indian poet and philosopher, Rabindranath Tagore. It is a story of love and haired and deals with ages long conflict between the Buddhist and the Hindus in Kashi of India.         Malini is the princess of Kashi though born in a dogmatic Hindu family, she has adopted Buddhism as she was taught by Buddhist monks. Due to her faith on the new creed, she prefers to live a simple and serene life untouched with the royal outfits, gold and luxuries. The king request her not to go along her destructive path but the queen believes that her daughter is a pure flame of fire and some divine spirit has taken birth in her. Feeling threatened by the new creed of Malini the Hindu Brahmins demand for...