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Paradigm Shift in portrayal of womanhood in Nepali Cinema

O ver past decades, Nepali cinema has witnessed a remarkable   transformation in the way women are portrayed through films. Contemporary Nepali movies depict women as more liberated , confident, and career oriented . This paper deals with the changing role of female character portrayed in Nepali cinema with   special focus on some representative Nepali films.  Female characters in Nepali movies have usually   been portrayed as constrained, submissive, surrendering individuals, who are inclined to make sacrifices for their family . The ideal of archetypal womanhood   has been celebrated theme for kollywood. However, it’s also obvious that the construction of female characters in Nepali films has changed over these decades and has been influenced   by changing culture . We can say that, Female characterization   in Nepali   cinemas have, indeed, tried to move on with   dominant trend and culture of their times. Cursory look at the his...

Confession of women

I f you ask me who am I ? I may answer. .   I’m a subject of research, a metaphor of weakness and sometime I’m a day of celebration. Have you guys ever known, how it feels like celebrating yourself? Have you guys ever searched your actual identity in finding of research paper ? Don’t you feel jealous, when there exist   separate privilege for us in every constitution(women right)?   Look at me with wide open eyes , I’m just that, a five letter being - A “Woman” .   A cute little child who loves red, that naive adult who secretly tries   her mother’s cosmetics , that young beauty   who is worried about her dress-up , that shy little bride who abandon her parent’s home ,   that responsible parent who wipe her child’s faces   and that old hag who die leaving no property to her offspring .   Did you see me now, that’s what I am- A woman. Today I will tell you how it’s feel to be a woman. It’s not something we talk around with e...

Managing aging population

T he potential macroeconomic and financial impact of aging population has been widely acknowledged and a number of researches have struggled to estimate the possible outcome of aging on future economics.   With rapid aging populations in places such as Japan, USA and Australia, policymakers are alarmed with several interconnected issues, including a decline in labor force, increased social security expenses, unsustainable pension commitments and changing demand drivers within the economy. Although population aging exhibit major challenges for even the most developed countries, developing nation like Nepla, face some specific issues in making policies that address increasing dependent population and adapting them.  Demographic pressure The socio-economic consequence of an aging population is becoming increasingly obvious in many developing countries around the world. Any countries demographic average age can witness upward shift in two condition: a decline in fertilit...

Marriage version 2.2

A ny serious discussion on the failure of marriage demands acute understanding on how the essence of marriage changed over the ages. Evolution not only concern biology transformation but also social transformation as well. Marriage by its very nature is stagnant and never evolved. It has remained relatively unchanged for the last 4,000 years. Social psychology and people’s way of life has changed a lot since then. Therefore, it stands to reason that ongoing social evolutions will eventually overtake its own culture, which is consequently why institutions like marriage may remain behind in future. Certainly, if marriage can't evolve, it will extinct. Those are the law of survival and there exist no other way out.  The rudimentary driver behind its failure is that marriage was not designed to endure the burdens now being asked of it by younger generations. It is an institution that originated centuries ago to fulfill some functional demands of a nonindustrial society. Marriag...