World Animal Day

MINE is a documentary about the essential bond between humans and animals, set against the backdrop of one of the worst disasters in modern U.S. history. This gripping, character-driven story follows New Orleans residents as they attempt the daunting task of trying to reunite with their pets who have been adopted by families all over the country, and chronicles the custody battles that arise when two families love the same pet. Who determines the fate of the animals ‘”and the people’” involved? A compelling meditation on race, class and the power of compassion, MINE examines how we treat animals as an extension of how we view and treat each other.

Exact time yet to be decided but it will be Oct 1 in the afternoon. People can check our website, email us, or call for details.

Silence Festival

This October, the people of Kathmandu are going to behold one of the biggest musical events in Nepal-ever. Silence Entertainment will once again be organising their annual show,  ‘Silence fest’, where bands from different countries and of different genres will share their music on the same stage. To be organised on Jawalakhel Football Grounds on October 15 this year, the event is excitedly being awaited by all heavy metal – hard rock fans of Kathmandu. And looking at the great lineup there is, a huge crowd is being expected at the show.

Much of the excitement follows the energy of the previous ‘Silence Fest’. The team organized the first of this event last year at the same venue to a huge success.  Different local and foreign bands performed including Enigmatik from Switzerland and Motherrocker’s Gang from Sweden.

But the bands this year are even larger, the highlight of the show being one of the most inspirational death metal bands-VADER! Yes, the polish death metal giants from the early 80’s will be coming to town, a dream come true for all death metal fans in Kathmandu, thanks to Silence Entertainment. The other bands that will be playing are also quite impresive, including Helmut, a metalcore band from Switzerland, Inner Guilt from Lebanon, Innercore from Hongkong and our own Antim Grahan, Hatebook and new Rock N’ Roll band Underside from Nepal.

With the highs of the first Silence Fest still fresh in our minds, expectations are that this year will not only be louder, but bigger, better and more memorable. The lights and sound setup, done by the organisers themselves, are hoped to be as good as last year too.

Reading under the Sky

Scheduled to be released by the first week of September, Reading under the sky is a short film directed by Prasun Sindhuliya and produced by Monalisa Moving Still. He is also the screenwriter of this 32 minute film. The movie has Ramsharan, Dhiraj Tamang and Prabin khadka who are also real life orphans and have recently ran away from their Orphanage. ‘Many plots of the movie is based on real life’- says Prasun who confirms that there was a mixed response from the audience when it was screened for the first time in Oscar international college of film study. Other actors include Sushil Upreti, Prakash Rokka, Salap Thapa and Mandip Gautam. The film is basically about the adventures of four street children whos lives change after they encounter with a good luck while collecting the garbage.

NADA Auto Show

NADA Auto Show 2011 kicked off on September 7 with the theme ‘Auto Show for Road Safety’. The five-day show was held at Bhrikuti Mandap Exhibition Hall from September 5 to September 7. The show comprised of 43 different stalls from various automobile companies. The sixth autoshow had a massive sales record of around 200 four-wheeler cars and 100 bikes from different brands. The autoshow gathered a lots of crowd in the two-wheelers stall which included stalls from brands like Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Bajaj, Demak, Hyosung, Hardford, Global Bike and Piaggio. Honda bike stall proved itself appealing with its Rider Training Machine. And on the four-wheelers, Hyundai’s showroom was able to win ‘The Best Stall Award’ with the maximum number of bookings.

Going with the theme of the show, Nepal Automobile Dealers’ Association focused a lot in the road safety issue. The show included a stall from traffic police where one could get information related to traffic awareness. The traffic police stall displayed various photos on traffic awareness and also videos were screened throughout the event. Also a seminar was organised on traffic safety and management to aware general public of the safety on roads.