The Road to Epicurean Nirvana Alfresco, at Soaltee Crown Plaza, Has Set the Preamble for an International Pizza Menu As a Part of Its Spring Food Promotion
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www.fridayweekly.com.np Every Thursday | ISSUE 210 | RS. 20 SUBSCRIBER COPY 5 MARCH 2014 | @! kmfNu'g @)&) www.facebook.com/fridayweekly The Road to Epicurean Nirvana Alfresco, at Soaltee Crown Plaza, has set the preamble for an international pizza menu as a part of its spring food promotion. This luxe gourmet, offered by a passionate and seasoned team of chefs with innovative intricacy, is as salivating as it sounds, and Fr!day gets the first taste Continued on page 19 At a glance getstarted Gallery on 3 March, 4:30 What start off with our picks pm onwards, there will be Understanding Gender a discussion on the topic Who Image Ark and Artist Proof Gallery ‘Understanding Gender The Awesome Sex Across Generations’. On 4 When 2 March to 8 March March, Image Ark will be Through ‘Understanding Gender’, a week- Where Image Ark, Kulimha, Patan and Artist launching Sushma Joshi’s Proof Gallery, Jhamsikhel long art event, Image Ark and Artist Proof new book The Prediction. Gallery aim to boost discussions and The fourth day, 5 March, Time Various dialogues on gender related issues in society. will witness the screening Ticket Price Free entrance of the film Who Does She Samyam Shrestha Think She Is? by Academy the support of Women From 2 to 8 March, the Award winning filmmaker Artists Group of Nepal exhibition will be open to ow do you word: gender. Pamela Tanner Boll at (WAGON), awards will also all, for free, every day of comprehend the “Both Image Ark and Image Ark Gallery, 5 pm be distributed to fathers the week from 10 am to 5 word “gender”? Artist Proof Gallery were onwards. The film will also who have refrained from pm at Image Ark, and from Understanding founded and are run by be screened on 6 March at discriminating between their 11 am to 6 pm at Artist Gender, a week- women. It is therefore Artist Proof Gallery (from daughters and sons. Proof Gallery. ! long event jointly fitting that they would mark 5pm). On 7 March, Image Horganized by Image Ark International Women’s Ark will hold a round table and Artist Proof Gallery Day, joining hands for a conference where female to mark International whole week of arts and artists will talk about what Women’s Day on 8 March, events under the theme it is like to be a woman strives to interpret the Understanding Gender,” involved in the arts in this meaning of the term says Ingrid Chiron, curator part of the globe. through the help of arts. of Image Ark Gallery. The Highlighting the issue exhibition will be displaying The Big Day through more than just the creations of Ragini On the finale, there will illustrations and exhibitions, Upadhyay and S.C. Suman, be a colorful event with the schedule also includes alongside those of the vibrant activities. Image a discussion, a round table participating artists whose Ark will be offering art conference, a screening, works were selected by a workshops for children, launch of a book, a party panel of judges. dance performances, music day, and an award ceremony (by New Generation), a to raise awareness on the The schedule Zumba party (with The various topics and issues The event will kick off on Core Fitness Studio), food that revolve around that one 2 March. At Artist Proof and drinks, and more. With page3 under surveillance make your statement Anoop Bikram Shahi He got his big break when he won the Manhunt International Nepal 2013 contest last September. Fast-forward a few months, and he is already well on his way to stardom. Presently, he is juggling preparations for Manhunt International (due to take place in Beijing at the end of April) with the post production of his upcoming movie, Hasiya. This week, Fr!day catches up with Anoop Bikram Shahi for a brief insight into his busy day. Shreesha Nankhwa internet, checking his mail 8:00 am and updating his profile 4:00 pm Rise and shine! on social networking sites. A Fitness Freak Shahi, who confesses he is “not Although, Shahi is on Twitter Shahi heads to Nepal Police a morning person,” wakes up and Instagram as well, he is Club opposite Bhrikuti Mandap a bit late (He sometimes stays most likely to be found on for his daily work out where he up till 8:30). Once out of bed, Facebook. spends the next two and a half he drinks 2-3 glasses of water hours toning his physique. He before freshening up. has a six day work-out schedule that he follows religiously. His work out schedule, in case it’s 8:30 am useful to the fitness junkies out there: His Healthy Habits He has more than 2500 prefers a close-knit group of he got hooked onto the show friends and around 900 fans on friends over a large group of “Devon ke Dev.... Mahadev” on Facebook. casual acquaintances. They chit- Life OK and watched it regularly chat, discuss their future plans, for several months. and catch up. He is likely to be found at ne’ Brasserie which is 10:30 am Day 1: chest/lower abs run by a close friend of his. 12:00 am Get, Set, Chores! Day 2: biceps/ lower arms His Last Minute Check-up Before lunch, he spends time He performs yoga for about 20 Day 3: triceps/ upper arms He checks his e-mails, Facebook catching up on work and to 25 minutes every other day. Day 4: shoulder notifications, and schedule for attending meetings. He is very 9:00 pm Day 5: back/ lower body Home Sweet Home the next day before heading off hush hush about his upcoming Day 6: abs/ cardio/ upper chest He heads back home, takes to bed. 9:00 am projects which he will only a shower, and relaxes before His Secret Energy reveal once they’re done. We having dinner with his family. Shahi seems to believe that wish him good luck anyway. 12:30 pm breakfast is the most important 6:30 pm Sleep tight, Mr. Shahi! Rejuvenating His Strength meal of the day, which is why 10:45 pm After a long and exhausting day, he consumes a heavy selection 12:00 pm Mahadev Time he drifts off sometime after of food consisting of omelet, Time to Dig In midnight. bread and butter, sausages, He has lunch around noon. Johnny Depp is his favorite actor. salami, and fruits. Everyday, as He prefers typical Nepali “I love his style, his acting, and part of his breakfast, he drinks daal, bhat, takraki but it has to After a heavy workout, he the way he completely re-invents Boost. “It’s a childhood habit be something his mum has needs another heavy meal to himself in every movie” that I can’t shake off,” he says. whipped up. He fasts every compensate. He takes a meal Monday. “Shiva ji ko barta,” high on protein to complement Shahi sticks to a strict diet he he says. made up himself after a lot of his fitness regime. He usually internet research. eats fruits and chicken after gym. 1:00 pm After dinner, he watches T.V. He A Hard Day’s Work doesn’t have specific shows that 9:45 am After lunch, he’s back to 7:15 pm he likes to watch and is more “What’s on your mind?” meetings, events, and interviews. His Hangouts likely to be found channel surfing After breaking his fast, he Today, he needs to be at Thamel He heads out to meet up before settling on something His favorite movie franchise is spends some time on the for another meeting. with friends over coffee. Shahi interesting. However, he admits Pirates of the Caribbean feature take its course. The ease there’s the burning issue workers with valuable skills issues that matter of access to passports of fatalities abroad. Every so that they can be self are seen as being directly day, around 3-4 dead bodies employed after returning proportional to migration turn up at Tribhuvan is of utmost importance. as well. International Airport. Teaching them about their Whether migration is This, in fact, is just the tip rights is essential. They Insides of good or bad for the country of the iceberg. Although should also be given other is debatable. A discussion remittance due to migration forms of vocational training on the topic at hand, is given a lot of importance so that they have the option conducted at ne’ Brassiere by the government, the of working inside Nepal moving away on February 16, showed that welfare of migrant workers instead of going abroad. migration has both positive are often overlooked. The focus shouldn’t be Migration might seem to have touched very and negative impacts. Because a majority of the on formal sectors (since few lives but it is definitely deeper and more Remittance is currently the workers are unskilled, issues they only involve 500,000 highest income source of of abuse, wage crimes and people) but rather on small complicated than just packing your bags and the country. According to safety abound. The rate and medium enterprises. leaving home. the World Bank Report, it of separation, divorce and Informal sectors too should has helped in decreasing broken homes are also be upgraded. Shuvechchhya Pradhan the poverty rate of Nepal increasing rapidly due to But more than anything, by 25%. Additionally, when migration. the question of who will ccording to Census back some 200 years. The male members of a family Despite remittance take the initiative to commit 2011, there are first known migrants migrate to other countries, being the highest grossing to this matter still stands.