www.fridayweekly.com.np Every Thursday | ISSUE 195 | RS. 20 SUBSCRIBER COPY | ISSN 2091-1092 20 NOVEMBER 2013 % d+l:f/ @)&) 9 772091 109009 www.facebook.com/fridayweekly The Verdict ? Stellar performances, powerful dialogues and emotive eyes. Get ready to be enraptured by Actors’ Studio’s latest production, ‘Court Martial’. Continued on page 2 page3 getstarted make your statement start off with our picks one question People should vote for me because my candidacy is not a normal one. It’s the beginning of a new political culture and an initiation of the best brains into politics. Unlike others, I do not intend to make Why Should We Vote For You? politics my life long profession. By voting for me you The Verdict ? will be handing over the nation’s steering wheel to a Samyak Moktan With just five days remaining before the elections, we ask a few political candidates qualified person. he current status of to echo with Nepal.” Court to answer the big question that has been hovering for quite some time now: Why Pukar Bam is an independent candidate (sign: dog) from Kathmandu -8. To learn more about him visit his the country is rife with Martial is the story of recruit should we vote for you? Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/pukarleads. election ambiguity and the Ram Bahadur, the central T Akriti Shilpakar distant hope that the results (if character who is accused of successful) work in the favor killing his senior officer and of the ‘tired’ public. Some get injuring another. The drama involved, some choose to stay thus orbits around the trial of The old parties have been given ignorant but wise people keep Ram and the disquieting facts, countless opportunities in the I am a uniter; I started the Nepal Unites themselves busy with their own which question the norms of past but they have failed us. campaign. I am a creator; I started an IT Hence, you should give me and ventures. The busy people I am society, that surface. Actors other factors that need to fall At a glance company whose employees went on to create my party a try. Vote for us. referring to, in this context, from differing backgrounds, into place. The lights have to be What Court Martial- A play 25 more companies. I am a fighter; I was part of are theatre actors, directors, including superstar Rajesh precise, the sound as effective the 107-day “Occupy Baluwatar” campaign. I am Chandra Maharjan from Who light assistants, set directors, Hamal, have prominent roles as the dialogues and the set, Actors’ Studio a builder; I build entrepreneurs for Nepal. I am Lalitpur comes from a farming costume designers and sound in the play. Attempts have been of course, needs to personify When a doer; I initiated the anti-bandh “Nepal Khulla background and strongly believes First slot (22 November to 2 December) that education is the key to technicians. Produced by made by Baral to contemporize the play. Furthermore, to keep Chha” campaign. Second slot (9 December to 22 November) development. This year he is Actors’ Studio and directed and adapt the story so that its the audience captivated every Time Duration Ujwal Thapa is a 36 year old activist, IT the representative of Sanghiya by Anup Baral, Court Martial 1 hour, 30 minutes relevance is felt by the Nepali nuance must work, which is entrepreneur, organic coffee farmer and now an Samajwadi Party (sign: umbrella is a path-breaking play based audience. Sudam KC, Karma what makes theatre and live Where Theatre Village, Tej Bhawan independent candidate (sign: dog) from Kathmandu within a circle) for Lalitpur -2 on a story by prolific Indian Shakya, Dayahang Rai, Subash performances so challenging. -5. You can follow him on Facebook: facebook.com/ and wishes to make substantial Ticket Price Rs. 300, Rs. 500 playwright Swadesh Deepak. Thapa, Raj Thapa (Kaucha), B.S Dialogues work as weapons - ujwal and Twitter: @ujwalthapa. To know more improvements in the The narrative revolves around Rana are among others who each actor must have the words For Booking www.actorsstudio.com.np, 4001089 about him check whynepal.com education sector. the relevant and ever present will be seen portraying major memorized and should be able issues of social discrimination roles. The costumes are being to deliver without faltering. audience could be anyone who mesmerized by this thought- and caste issues. designed by Deeya Maskey, “The actors rehearse for around wishes to witness a powerful provoking play can book their “I have been a huge admirer also the only female actor in the 40 days after which they are theatre production. With a seats prior to the show. Since of Deepak’s work,” says the show. more or less prepared to face dynamic director and such the play will be divided into two director. “I chose to direct The success of any play the music,” says Dev Neupane, respectable talent, the play slots and staged over a number this play because its plot spun lies not only in the actors’ Stage Manager. According looks promising and ripe for of days, you can plan your around issues that seemed performance but also in all the to the director, the target success. Those ready to be schedule at will. ! 140 groups claiming to work for valley. If you take a walk across Why Bagmati? the Bagmati Cleaning Project. the worst parts of the river, you For Hindus, the question getaway feature We have associations and the will see that it has changed over is why not Bagmati? But the on the run issues that matter government itself talks about the the past few weeks,” says Sharma. cultural and religious significance projects. But it has been decades “We have ten kilometers of clean is not the only reason the Bagmati and the situation isn’t getting Bagmati and are planning to work needs to be cleaned. “Kathmandu any better. It is therefore time to more intensively in the next few is the only city in the world with 9 Cleaning Bagmati take matters into our own hands. months.” rivers but we do not have a single We want to set an example of There has been an clean one. The first contact of how changes can be made when overwhelming response from the any foreigner with the country The Story citizens unite,” says Sharma. public. “We have a large number is through our airport and then The Bagmati cleaning project of emotionally charged folks who across the Bagmati river. That We’ve heard about the river cleaning project for was initiated 26 weeks ago for are working for this project. The is the initial impression we are a while. But who is working on it? And how far this purpose. More than 7000 satisfaction that people get from giving to the world. If we do not The need-to-know index people showed up in the first this event is something that can change it, who will?” have they reached? week and the turnout has been only be felt by participating,” he Besides the Bagmati, there are Price Anubhuti Poudyal overwhelming ever since. People states. projects running in the Manohara ( Contact gather every Saturday at 7:30 am With donations in the form and Bishnumati rivers as well. Additional Information here are thousands of “Bagmati cleaning is a purely to clean a portion of the river. of useful items such as masks, “Rivers are like blood vessels. i organizations in Kathmandu social initiative of organizations There is a plan, an objective and gloves and drinking water, some They do to the earth what our Approximate time taken to reach Tthat address matters ranging that are trying to present an the entire process has a goal. It is 27 organizations are working blood vessels do to our body. We there from street children to HIV exemplary method of making a project in every respect. actively in the project making it cannot expect to be healthy while prevention. People are working Kathmandu a better place,” says “We wanted to make sure a huge attempt from a non- our blood vessels are polluted” there were no cash donations so governmental sector. Even the says Sharma. to make sure that integral affairs LP Bhanu Sharma, Chairperson hastened back to the road, hoping to get road, I knew that so too had the chances that there would be no accusations government is getting involved do not go unnoticed, let alone of Jeevan Vigyan Kendra and to my friends before they would startle of seeing a tiger. of misuse. We were clear about by taking responsibility of 50 Social movement unaddressed. There are emerging Principal of Apex College in the deer. I succeeded in this. We tip-toed We turned around and crossed the two things. First, we did not want full time cleaning staff who The Bagmati is one of the most issues and then there are Kathmandu. He is one of the main To Get Over Sauraha a few feet to a bend on the road, hiding wooden bridge to the largest of the any cash involved. Contributions work on the program every day. important rivers of our country. issues that have developed over individuals behind this idea of ourselves behind a bush. A little later the many lakes in the area. (There are not would have to be made in forms “We eventually want to give the The movement to clean it by the A serene lake in the Sal jungles of Chitwan is the perfect generations. I first came across the including corporate, spiritual and doe appeared on the road.