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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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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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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