Aabki Baar Modi Sarkaar (Punch-line politics)

The phrase Abki Baar, Modi Sarkaar was stuck in everyone’s lips during Indian Lok Sabha elections. From newspaper advertisements, radio jingles and television commercials to apps, animated cartoons and social media, these lines were at the top list of discussions in real and virtual space. Facebook walls and Twitter timeline were filled with the same lines, associating it with different dialogues, covering wide social and political issues. The same phrase has proven to be one of the major components for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s thumping victory in the polls.

Not only in India was this punch line popular, but also among Nepali social site users. Being a close neighbor of India, Nepalis unsurprisingly have special interest in Indian elections. 

BJP had officially launched its 2014 election campaign with this phrase. BJP had borrowed this punch line from its 1998 campaign Abki Bari, Atal Bihari. The campaign was designed by Indian advertising veterans Piyush Pandey, Prasoon Joshi and Sam Balsara. The original campaign was designed by Soho Square. They also created a set of radio ads with Janata Maaf Nahi Karegi—”The people won’t forgive” (the Congress government) and Acche Din Anewale Hain (“Good days are arriving”). Do baatein na jaana bhool, Narendra Modi aur kamal ka phool (“Don’t forget two things; Modi and the lotus flower”). BJP had also used various religious slogans for promotion in rural villages like Har Har Modi; Har Ghar Modi (“Everyone is Modi; Modi in every house”). Har also means Lord Shiva. However, these religious lines also courted criticism.

Come to me, I am here waiting for your arrival

Come to me, I am here waiting for your arrival

Welcoming with open arms, ready to embrace ! 

Welcoming with open arms, ready to embrace
To love...as u have never felt before
To care..as u have never realized ever

Come up with smile and open heart. 
All I want is your true love
Bring sweetness with you, life is tasteless
No gifts, no rings or no cards
You just come, that's enough 
Color me with your love in all shades
Only brightness, ignore the dark ones 

Give up your ego or attitude roar
I am here, what you want more? 

Bring spring with you, freshen me up

Moon, stars, wind..all are waiting for you 
Flowers are waiting to bloom again
Sun is ready to brighten up with fire 
Soil is ready to spread fragrance around
What are you waiting for my dear? 

Come to me, I am here waiting for your arrival
Welcoming with open arms, ready to embrace

Good signs

The recently released Nepali movie Kabaddi has once again proved that Nepali movie industry has changed its old route and is stepping towards progress. Being houseful for a week in many theaters across the nation reflects the interest of Nepali audiences towards Nepali movies. Nepali movie industry was in sleeping-stage few years back. However, it has started taking a gradual move towards the right direction. 

Only a handful of good Nepali movies were produced in the past. The business it generated or the profit shared by producers was not remarkable at all. However, Nepali audiences have finally changed their taste and mood regarding movies. Viewers, who never used to bother the name or release date or actors of Nepali movies, reach theaters for latest releases today. Especially the elite class audiences in big cities like Kathmandu have started taking Nepali movies seriously. Moreover, they recommend others to watch the movies and even promote them in social networking sites. Definitely, good signs are here now. 

Ashis Karki of Sirutaar, Bhaktapur doesn’t remember if he watched any Nepali movies till the completion of his higher secondary school days, except Darpan Chhaya. It was the only Nepali movie he watched in theater, years back with his parents. Being grown up as a younger generation surrounded by modern gadgets and rentable/downloadable foreign movies, he was never fascinated with Nepali movies. Not even the posters, trailers, songs or actors lured him. He was a movie-lover no doubt but always ended up with English or Hindi movies. He neither had an interest in those traditional stories in Nepali films and slow motion dances in hills and gardens, nor in noticeable artificial expressions and lousy dialog delivery of Nepali actors. But since good movies are being made, Ashis flocks to theaters every week, keeping Nepali movies in his top priority of watch-list. 

To mother, with love

Me wid my Mom (2070, Jomsom)

Today is Mother’s Day. I am in this beautiful earth due to my mother. This realization is not for a single day, but every day and every moment feeling of being loved by my mother is something different. 

Mother, a single word, carries the whole world. Mother is synonymous to unconditional love. There is a popular saying, “God cannot be everywhere; so he created mother”. True indeed! Mother is a form of God, who just knows giving, loving and caring. A mother shows us this beautiful world and gives us our existence. She not only keeps us inside her womb for nine months suffering pains, difficulties and troubles, but also gives immense love for living a meaningful life. 

Memories

Earth revolves, seasons change.
Time passes, I know.
People change their face,
Feelings do change. I can understand.
Life has to move, so goes on.
But memories ?



They remain behind, deep inside.
As heavy stone in heart.
As fresh thoughts in mind. As silent prayers.
As tears in eyes. 
As vibes around.
As slow poison, that kills inside. 

Someone as you

                             

Someone as you...
I always wished for
I always dreamed of
I was always looking for
I always needed of
Someone as you.
Who could be else ?
I found you, and all went true
Yes, its only you and you 

You come, You go !

Day passed ! another night is here
Same darkness, taking my mind here and there
I close my eyes, see you in front
I open my yes, only a blur image hunt
A feeling of joy for a single moment
I try to seize the dream, i am sure you don't
You come, you go. You give sparkle in heart
I wake up leaving you behind, as new morning rise

Petrol Chhaina !

"Newly constructed roads are like playing ground, totally wide. Public vehicles are like matchbox, congested. And petrol is like sweat of Dolakha Bhimsen (Idol), too less supply." These were the lines posted in social site Facebook by Kantipur TV News Anchor Roopess Shrestha, satirizing the petrol crisis faced by general people these days. More than hundred people supported his opinion, through hitting likes. Its very eye pleasing to observe the wide lanes of roads across Kathmandu (good sign of development) and comparing it with that of abroad, but at the same time, its very disappointing to see the long lines of cars and motorbikes, queued up in different chowks to fill just few liters of petrol.

All that glitters (Nepali TV world)

  Television is a world of glitter. It’s all about the charisma of screen and has certain magic to it. Not only does audio-video process differentiate the broadcast media from print but lights, camera and    other equipment along with attractive faces take this medium on a higher level compared to others. 

TV industry, in other words, is a world of glamor. It has a huge charm as it’s directly connected with screen and fame. TV industry has made the world smaller and scaled new heights in communication. 


Talking about Nepal, we are well aware that the broadcast media (television) as compared to print media holds a special charm for Nepali people. TV channels have mushroomed, and are now not only limited within the capital but also fast expanding in major cities. More than a dozen TV channels are in operation at the national level whereas another dozen run outside valley at the regional level, creating opportunities for hundreds of people. 

Horns of dilemma (Modern relationships)

Sabitri is seeking love. Immense love. True love. Selfless love. She is young. She is pretty and modern. But she is confused. She tries to find ideal love in her life but fails. As a result, she feels low. She asks the same question to herself all the time, Kaha chha Prem? (Where is love?) But she never gets the answer she desires. 

She seeks ideal love in her boyfriend who has much wealth but fails to be the person she wants. She ends the relationship in disappointment. After some time in isolation, she again tries to get the perfect love through a photographer friend. Sadly, she again fails. Despite many attempts, she falls short to fulfill her quest for ideal love through different men in her life. She says, “Those who are wealthy, their love smells only of work. And those who don’t have money, their love can never rise due to insufficiency.”  

Tired of failing to get true love, she concludes, “Love is nowhere”.