The Chhaupadi System of Nepal and International Women’s Day

The Chhaupadi System of Nepal and International Women’s Day By Sagun Basnet Recently, International women’s day bid adieu to us sloganeering “Equal rights, equal opportunities: Progress for all”. The juncture in the slogan where “equal rights and equal opportunities” precede “progress for all” intrigued me, albeit I found myself standing at a questioning, if not [...]

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Sangeeta’s Graduation: A Journey into My Mind

Sangeeta’s Graduation: A Journey into My Mind By Sagun Basnet “Yoo-hoo! Bravo!” I was screaming hard when Sangeeta received her graduation certificate for Master’s in Public Health degree at Johs Hopkins University. The feeling of attending a graduation ceremony to applaud for someone was brand new to me. Being present to cheer for her attainment [...]

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You and Me

“You came you saw you conquered” What had I to combat…? I loved and hated you at the same time A sincere parody of dichotomy You and me, The colonizer and the colonized My thoughts, actions and words Reflect you That’s what i hear every where… Even, though… I wanted to put down the shutters [...]

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Women and politics Is voting enough?

Women and politics Is voting enough? By Sagun Basnet The euphoria over the larger participation of women voters in the recent CA poll has pervaded dailies for quite some time. No doubt, women’s participation as voters or candidates bolsters politics with a myriad of alternative perspectives. However, is counting the participation in quantitative terms and [...]

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PeRcEpTiOnS

एउटा कथा आयो मलाई हिजो साँझ पख, लेख्छु भनी बसेँ अनि जिन्दगीको क ख दुइटा पात्र यो कथामा, म अनि तिमी, साथै हिड्छौ एक अर्काका साथी हामी भनी कहिले मीठो माया प्रिती कहिले तँ तँ म म, बितिरन्छ जिन्दगी यो बाँचुन्जेल सम्म यही सोची बाँच्ने हामी, परेवा का जोडी, कहिले साट्दै हाँसो, कहिले आफ्नै मन [...]

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Some Thoughts on Rashomon, the movie and/or In the Grove

Some Thoughts on Rashomon, the movie and/or In the Grove Sagun Basnet The different narratives on the same event so wisely depicted in Rashomon make me think of how in all the narratives the perception of being a woman is similar if not same. Let us first look at the narratives when it comes to [...]

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