BBC - Sajha Sawal Eps. 281 (2013)

About:
Nepali Migrant Workers in Qatar

दोहामा रहेको नेपाली दुतावासका अनुसार कतारमा करीव तीन लाख रहेको खास कतारीको जनसंख्याभन्दा धेरै संख्यामा नेपाली कामदारहरू छन् । नेपाली कामदार अग्ला घर बनाउनेबाहेक खेती किसानी, उँट र भेडा गोठालादेखि सरसफाइ, ड्राइभिङ, सुरक्षा गार्डलगायतका काम गर्छन् ।

काममा सुख दुःख त जहाँ पनि हुन्छ । हामीले भेटेका नेपाली कामदारहरू आफ्नो कामबाट सन्तुष्ट देखिए तर काममा दुःख पाउनेहरू पनि त्यत्तिकै छन् । खेती किसानी गर्ने भेंडिगोठमा बाख्रा चराउनेहरूलाई भेट्न हामी दोहा शहरभन्दा बाहिर मजरासम्म पुग्यौं ।

भेडिगोंठमा काम गर्ने होस् या भवन बनाउने या होटल र मजारामा काम गर्ने नेपालीहरू कोही व्यक्तिगत चिनजानबाट कतार पुग्छन् भने कोही म्यानपावर कम्पनीमार्फत पुग्छन् । तुलनात्मक रूपमा कम्पनीसँग सिधै सम्झौता गरेर आएकाहरूले भन्दा कतारमा बसेर कामदार झिकाउँदै आवश्यकताअनुसार विभिन्न कम्पनीलाई सप्लाइ गर्नेहरूबाट नेपाली कामदार ठगिएको बढी गुनासो सुनिन्छ । कामदार सप्लाइ गर्ने यस्ता कम्पनीहरू विदेशीहरूसँगै नेपालीहरूले पनि चलाएका छन् । नेपालबाट ल्याइएका मानिसहरूलाई कतारको निर्माणमा सप्लाई गर्ने नेपाली व्यवसायीहरू भने सकभर कामदारलाई दोष दिएर उम्किन खोज्छन् ।

व्यवसायी कामदारलाई दोष दिन्छन् । उनीहरूका अनुसार काम नसिकी, भाषा, काम र स्वास्थ्यको विचार नगरी आउने भएकाले कामदार नै समस्या भएको गुनासो गर्छन् । कामदारहरू भने आफूलाई भनेजस्तो सेवा सुविधा नदिने व्यवसायीलाई दोषी ठान्छन् । दुतावासको कामलाई नजिकबाट नियालिरहेकाहरू भने दुतावास र राजदूतले प्रभावकारी रूपमा काम गर्न नसकेको आरोप लगाउँछन् । कतारमा लामो समयदेखि काम गर्ने र यहाँको नेपाली कामदारको गतिविधी नियालिरहेकाहरू भने अन्य देशको तुलनामा नेपाली कामदारले कठीन काम गर्ने तर सो अनुसारको ज्याला नपाउने बताउँछन् ।

Guests: None
Date:  31.03.2013

Belles blondes et bronzees ()

Beyond Rangoon (1995)

Synopsis:
Patricia Arquette as Laura Bowman, an American doctor. After the violent death of her husband and child, Laura joins her sister, Andy (Frances McDormand), on a tour of Southeast Asia, hoping that a trip might be therapeutic. While the sisters are in Burma, the demonstrations of political dissidents become violent, and although her sister is able to depart, Laura must stay behind, having lost her passport.

Starring:
Patricia Arquette
Adele Lutz
Frances McDormand
Spalding Gray

Profile of Malala Yousafzai (2009)

AKA:
Profile of Malala Yousafzai Pakistani Girl Shot by the Taliban - Class Dismissed

Synopsis:
A 2009 documentary by Adam B. Ellick profiled Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani girl whose school was shut down by the Taliban. Ms. Yousafzai was shot by a gunman on Tuesday.

Rambo (2008)

AKA:
John Rambo


Synopsis:
Emotionally draining story of some do gooders that want to take medicine and help to a group of poor opressed people in Burma. They are under control of the brutal military that wants no one to hear this story let alone help these people. The do gooders talk Rambo into taking them up river to the settlement. He is reluctant to take them but the woman with the group talks him into taking them. Of course they are taken by the military and most everyone in the village is slaughtered. Someone from back home comes looking for them when they never return home. Rambo takes a band of merceneries to the settlement to bring them back. The do-gooders are held captive and tortured. It's nonstop heartpounding action after Rambo gets there.
It's filmed in Burma and the cinemaphotography is outstanding. Beautiful scenery. Good use of light and dark and camera angles. Very well done.


Actors:
Sylvester Stallone
Julie Benz
Paul Schulze
Matthew Marsden
Graham McTavish
Tim Kang
Rey Gallegos
Jake Ia Botz
Maung Maung Khin
Ken Howard

Director: Sylvester Stallone 

Born To Raise Hell (2010)

Synopsis:
A hard core Interpol Agent is assigned to an Eastern European task force to target gun trafficking and dope running throughout the Balkans. While investigating a Russian gun dealer, his team is caught in a bloody street war between a Gypsy gang and the Russians, leaving one task force member dead. Fueled with vengeance, he leads us on an action packed thrill ride while avenging his friend's death.

Heaven on Earth ()

Starring:
Preity Zinta

Heaven and Earth (1993)

Synopsis:
The powerful story of a man who fought, a woman who endured... and a love caught up in the explosive wartime upheaval of a land and a people caught between Heaven and Earth. Hiep Thi Le as Phung Le Ly, it recounts the epic journey of her life, which began in an idyllic village in Central Vietnam living as her people had lived for thousands of years. When the war broke out, she was plunged into a maelstom, trapped between the forces of North and South. Separated from her family, Le Ly was imprisoned by the South Vietnamese, who used an assortment of tactics on her, including electric shock treatment, and upon release from prison, she was raped by a vicious gang of Viet Cong. After escaping to Saigon, she becomes pregnant by an employer and is fired. She turns to prostitution to survive, until Steve Butler (Tommy Lee Jones), an American Special Forces officer, impulsively asks her to marry him and return to America with him. 

Starring:
Haing S. Ngor
Joan Chen
Hiep Thi Le 
Tommy Lee Jones

Beyond Rangoon (1995)

Synopsis:
Patricia Arquette as Laura Bowman, an American doctor. After the violent death of her husband and child, Laura joins her sister, Andy (Frances McDormand), on a tour of Southeast Asia, hoping that a trip might be therapeutic. While the sisters are in Burma, the demonstrations of political dissidents become violent, and although her sister is able to depart, Laura must stay behind, having lost her passport.

Starring:
Patricia Arquette
Adele Lutz
Frances McDormand
Spalding Gray

Electrical Switches ()

About:
This video introduces the principles and terminology of mechanical electrical switches. It covers terms such as contacts, normally open, normally closed, poles, and throws.

Part 1: Introduction - Basic Switches  
Part 2: Toggle Switches 
Part 3: Pushbutton & SelectorSwitches 
Part 4: Machine Control Switches 
Part 5: Switch Contacts and Arcing     

Island of Love (2011)

Les gladiatrices (2004)

Kakakal (2008)

Starring:
Melissa Mendez ... Pina
Beejay Morales ... Oliver
Froilan Moreno ... Chito
Katrina Cruz ... Young Girl
Chery Domingo ... Landlady (as Cherry Domingo)
Jersey Milano ... Landlady's Son
Tita Swarding ... Himself
Ivy Batulahar ... Himself
Zaree Santillan ... Salmonella
Rey Fernando ... Kardo
Celia Lucasta ... Eavesdropping Woman
Dolly Parasdas ... Mahjong Player 1
Feling Felicitas ... Mahjong Player 2
Rosa Adela ... Mahjong Player 3
Fredmoore de los Santos ... Sir (as Fredmoore Delos Santos)
Bj Andrade ... Boy Worker 1
Ronel Hilario ... Manager 1
Oscar Buara ... Manager 2
Anthony Prodigalidad ... Manager 3
Robi Mercado ... Boy Worker 2
Hupert Mercado ... Boy Worker 3
Junell Javier ... Junell
Lito 'Shalala' Reyes ... Mama Rads (as Lito 'Zhalala' Reyes)
Randy Alvis ... Randy
Favatinni San ... Himself
Richard Mahait ... Janitor
Jerome Berale ... Jerome
Majhie Dela Fuente ... Rich Gay
Jonas Lazarte ... Call Boy 1
Jeff Betudio ... Call Boy 2
Arjhay Merced ... Call Boy 3
Akemi Aducul ... Gay Gustomer 1
Arman Alalu ... Gay Gustomer 2
Doctora Alvis ... Gay Gustomer 3
Lito Luna ... Big Boss
Abet Imelda ... Goon 1
Jojo Herbosa ... Goon 2
Michael Mata ... Delivery Boy
Jasmin Black ... Pumping Woman

Director: Jigs Recto / Jigz F. Recto

Chinese Super Ninja II ()

AKA:
Chinese Super Ninja 2

La Noche de los Brujos (1973)

AKA:
The Night of Sorcerers

Synopsis:
A team of researchers travel into the African jungle to study the mysterious disappearance of elephants in the area. Instead they discover a tribe of voodoo-zombies who rise from the ground, capture the women, whip them and slice their heads off on an altar. The women return as vampires who look for more women to kill.

Starring:
Simón Andreu
Kali Hansa
María Kosty

Director: Amando de Ossorio

The Seduction Of Dr Fugazzi ()

Synopsis:
The Seduction of Dr. Fugazzi is a strange, twisted psycho-sexual thriller depicting one woman's depraved descent into madness and mayhem. Dr. Anna Fugazzi (Kingsley) is a young, sexy psychologist, who is provoked by deranged patients into sadomasochistic nightmares. The Seduction of Dr. Fugazzi will take you on a trip into your own psyche!

Starring:
Faye Dunaway
October Kingsley

Director: October Kingsley

Blue Jeans (1975)

Synopsis:
A Daniela todos la conocen como Blue Jeans. Al ser arrestada por conducta impúdica, dirá ser la hija de un rico restaurador, declaración tras la que se esconde un oscuro plan.

Director: Mario Imperioli

Island of the Snake People ()

Synopsis:
Captain Labesch (Rafael Bertrand) arrives at a remote island, determined to crack down on the island's lawlessness, spurred by the voodoo rites practiced by the evil priest Damballah (Boris Karloff). Labesch starts with local tycoon Carl Van Molder and his study of the island. Van Molder warns not to interfere with the local populace. Annabella (Julissa), Van Molder's niece, is a temperance crusader who is visiting and wants her uncle to help fund the International Anti-Saloon League. She falls in love with handsome police lieutenant Andrew Wilhelm (Carlos East), despite his fondness for rum. Meanwhile, beautiful native girls are being transformed into zombies, and a sinister snake dancer named Kalea (Yolanda Montes) leads them to attack and devour any meddling policemen who get too close to their unholy rituals. When Annabella is kidnapped and prepared to be the cult's latest human sacrifice, Labesch and Wilhelm have to infiltrate their ranks to save her, and they finally learn the secret identity of the all-powerful Damballah.

Stolen Paradise (1940)

AKA:
Adolescence

Synopsis:
"This lurid B-movie centers around a troubled young teen (Leon Janney) who is studying for the priesthood when he finds himself falling for his sexy new stepsister (Eleanor Hunt), leading to a downward spiral of inner anguish and despair. ~ Sandra Bencic, Rovi " -- From Rotten Tomatoes

Starring:
Leon Janney
Eleanor Hunt
Esther Muir

Director: Louis J. Gasnier

Burial Of The Rats (1995)

Director: Dan Golden

Encounters At The End Of The World ()

BBC - Sajha Sawal Eps. 280 (2013)

About:
Agricultural Entrepreneurs - 2

६ वर्षदेखि हरेक हप्ता हामी साझा सवाल लिएर तपाइको रेडियो टेलिभिजनमा आइरहेका छौं र यो साझा सवालको २८० औं अंक हो । यसबीच सयौं नेता, विशिष्ट कर्मचारी, विशेषज्ञहरुसँग बहस भयो । ती कार्यक्रमका बारे प्रतिक्रियाहरु आइरहन्छन् । धेरै नेपाली कृषिसँग जोडिएको भएरै होला, सबैभन्दा धेरै प्रतिक्रिया पाएका कार्यक्रम चाहिँ कृषिका विषयमा गरिएका साझा सवाल हुन् । कतिपयले त कृषिका बारेमा गरिएको साझा सवालपछि आफूहरु कृषि कर्ममा लागेको पनि बताउनुहुन्छ । त्यसैले गएको हिउँदमा कार्यक्रम रेकर्डिङका लागि देशका विभिन्न भागमा जाँदा केही उत्साहित किसानहरुलाई हामी भेट्यौं । यसपटकको साझा सवालमा हामीले दाङका कर्म केसी, जुद्ध बहादुर पुन, रूपन्देहीका सीपी शर्मा, काठमाडौंका सूर्यप्रसाद पाण्डे र रामकुमार बानियाँ अनि कास्कीका छ्याम बहादुर थापाका परिश्रम र सफलताको कथा समेटेका छौं ।

Guests: Karma K.C., Juddha Bahadur Pun, C.P. Sharma, Surya Prasad Pandey, Ram Kumar Baniya and Chhayam Bahadur Thapa
Date:  24.03.2013

Parinda (1989)

Synopsis:
At an early age, Kishen, to provide a better life for himself and his younger brother Karan, entered the underworld. To prevent the same fate from happening to Karan, he sent him abroad, but before this had happened, Karan had fallen in love with his friend Prakash's sister, Paro. Years pass, and now Kishen is the henchman of Anna, a psychotic don. Karan returns to Bombay and immediately goes to meet Prakash, now an honest police officer. But Anna's men kill Prakash right in front of Karan, and he learns of his brother's involvement with Anna. Against Kishen's wishes, he joins Anna's gang and starts tipping off a rival gang. This is revenge for Prakash's death-by playing off one gang against the other, he hopes to exterminate both of them at the same time. In a desperate attempt to get Karan away from it all, Kishen gets him married to Paro. But when the couple are brutally killed on their wedding night, Kishen is out for revenge.

Starring:
Nana Patekar
Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Kamal Chopra

Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra

Ankush (1986)

About:
Writer, Editor, Director and co-producer N.Chandra earned both popular as also critical acclaim for this film. He had earlier worked under Gulzar as an editor. Chandrashekhar Narvekar alias N Chandra scored a hat-trick at the box office with his first three films, Ankush (1986), Pratighaat (1987) and Tezaab (1988), which is what is called his ‘system’ trilogy because the theme of individual against the system runs through all the three films.

Synopsis:
This is an off-beat story by Indian film standards of a group of young men, who live in the same neighbourhood, and hang around the streets, killing time and fighting rival street gangs. In their pointless lives come 2 women: a old lady and her young daughter (a teacher). The daughter is initially annoyed by the rude behaviour of the young loafers, but soon sees though their tough demeanour. What she discovers is well-intentioned youth, led astray by an apathetic and corrupt society.

Starring:
Nana Patekar
Nisha Singh / Nisha Palsikar
Rabia Amin,
Raja Bundela
Arjun Chakraborty
Madan Jain

Director:N. Chandra

Katmandú, un espejo en el cielo (2012)

AKA:
Kathmandu: A mirror in the Sky
Kathmandu Lullaby

Synopsis:
Laia, a young Catalan teacher, moves to Kathmandu in the early 90's, to volunteer in a local school.

She will soon discover extreme poverty and a devastatingly bleak educational system that leaves out the most needy.

She initially protests and later decides to get married out of convenience, so as to legalize her situation and take on an ambitious educational project in the slums of Kathmandu.

She immediately realizes that she can't do it all by herself. She also discovers a beautiful gift she had never expected: to fall in love with the stranger she marries.

She finds herself torn between her love life and her commitment to the children she helps. Laia and Sharmila, another young teacher who becomes her dearest friend, work side by side to launch a new project that will distance Laia from her partner beyond repair. It will, however, always unite her to Sharmila and small Kushila, in a personal journey into the depths of the Nepalese society and also to her most inner self.


Starring:
Verónica Echegui
Saumyata Bhattarai
Norbu Tsering Gurung

Director: Icíar Bollaín

Learning English ()

BBC - Sajha Sawal Eps. 279 (2013)

About:
Agricultural Entrepreneurs - 1

आज हामी नियमित बहस भन्दा अलिक फरक ढंगको साझा सवाल प्रस्तुत गर्दैछौं। साझा सवाल रेकर्डिङका लागि बेलाबेलामा हामी नेता, सरकारी कर्मचारी, विश्लेषकहरुसँगै देशको विभिन्न भागका नागरिकसम्म पुग्छौं । त्यो बेलाका नियमित बहस त तपाइहरुले सुन्दै हेर्दै आउनुभएको छ । तर विभिन्न ठाउँमा जाँदा हामीले त्यहाँ र त्यस वरपर कृषि क्षेत्रमामा उद्यम गरिरहेका नेपालीहरुलाई भेटेका छौं । तिनीहरुको संघर्ष, पौरख र चुनौतिका कथा यसपटकको साझा सवालमा । यो साता साझा सवालमा हामी धादिङ धार्केका बाख्रा पालक किसान नवराज आचार्य, गोरखा च्याङ्लीका गाई पालक किसान राजेन्द्रराज पन्त, गण्डकी रेन्वो ट्राउट फार्मका अमृत गुरुङ र लालचन गुरुङ, पोखरामा व्यवसायिक च्याउ खेती गरिरहेका टिका अर्याल र पर्वतको देउपुर गाविसका मौरीपालक देवीप्रसाद तिमिल्सिनाको कथा प्रस्तुत गर्दैछौं ।

Guests: Navaraj Acharya, Rajendra Raj Panta, Amrit Gurung, Lalchan Gurung, Tika Aryal, Devi Prasad Timilsina
Date:  17.03.2013

Kickboxer V (1995)

AKA:
Kickboxer 5: Redemption

BBC - Sajha Sawal Eps. 278 (2013)

About:
Why are Schools Affected by Strikes?

गएको साताको आइतबार निजी विद्यालय सञ्चालकहरुले स्कूल बन्द गराए । सोमबार सत्तारुढ एनेकपा माओवादीको भातृसंगठन अखिल क्रान्तिकारीले देशभरका शैक्षिक संस्था बन्द गराए । बुधबार र बिहीबार त नेपाल बन्द नै भयो, सबै स्कूल कलेज बन्द भए । गत साता ७७ लाख स्कूले विद्यार्थीले एक दिन मात्र विद्यालयको मुख देखे। सरकारदेखि सबैजसो राजनीति दलले विद्यालय बन्द गर्दैनौं भनेर हस्ताक्षर गरेका छन् । तर सधै सबैजसो बन्दको पहिलो निशानामा, देशको भविष्य मानिने विद्यार्थी नै किन पर्छन् ? एक दिनको स्कूल बन्दले एक जना विद्यार्थीको एक दिन मात्र खेर जाला तर देशको लागि भने देशभरका ७७ लाख विद्यार्थीको ७७ लाख दिन खेर जान्छ । तर पनि हरेक जसो राजनीतिक दल, विद्यार्थी र शिक्षक संगठन तथा स्कूल सञ्चालकहरुले आफ्ना माग पुरा गराउन विद्यालयलाई नै प्रयोग गर्छन् । आज हामी विद्यार्थीको पढ्न पाउने अधिकारबारे बहस गर्दैछौं । बहसमा हामीसँग शिक्षामन्त्री दिनानाथ शर्मा, निजी शिक्षण संस्था संघर्ष समितिका संयोजक युवराज शर्मा र त्रिपद्म विद्याश्रम माध्यमिक विद्यालय, ललितपुरकी प्रधानाध्यापक विद्या पाण्डे हुनुहुन्छ।

Guests: Dinanath Sharma, Yuvaraj Sharma and Vidhya / Bidhya Pandey
Date:  10.03.2013

Pilya (1997)

AKA:
PiLYA

Starring:
Rita Magdalena
E.R. Ejercito

Fidel! (2002)

AKA:
Fidel

Fidel Castro ()

Cuba before Fidel Castro ()

AKA:
Cuba before Fidel Castro's Revolution

The Saint (1997)

Synopsis:
The Saint is a 1997 film espionage thriller, starring Val Kilmer in the title role, with Elisabeth Shue and Rade Šerbedžija, directed by Phillip Noyce and written by Jonathan Hensleigh and Wesley Strick. The title character is a high tech thief and master of disguise, that becomes the anti-hero while using the moniker of various saints while paradoxically living in the underworld of international industrial theft. The film has a cult following and was a financial success with a worldwide box office of $169.4 million, rentals of $28.2 million, and continuous dvd sales.

Starring:
Val Kilmer

BBC - Sajha Sawal Eps. 277 (2013)

About:
Role of Opposition in Politics

केही समय अघि प्रधानमन्त्रीले प्रतिपक्षलाई 'नत्थि लगाएर भए पनि चुनावमा ल्याउने' बताएका थिए । कति विश्लेषकले भने जस्तो 'कमजोर प्रतिपक्ष' भएका कारण प्रधानमन्त्रीले प्रतिपक्षलाई नत्थि लगाउनेसम्मको बिचार बोकेका होलान् त? माओवादीको एजेण्डामा अरु दल पछि लागेको भन्ने आरोप बाँकी दललाई लागिरहेको बेला नेपालमा प्रतिपक्षहरु कति प्रभावकारी छन्? प्रतिपक्ष दलहरु कति प्रभावकारी छन् भन्ने बारेमा छलफल गर्न आज हामीसँग नेपाली काङ्ग्रेसका नेता नरहरि आचार्य, एनेकपा माओवादी नेता शशी श्रेष्ठ र राजनीतिशास्त्रका प्राध्यापक लोकराज बराल हुनुहुन्छ ।

Guests: Narhari Acharya, Shashi Shrestha and Lokraj Baral
Date:  03.03.2013

The Postman of Tuzla - Bosnia ()

Synopsis:
April 1994
During the war in Bosnia, letters were a rare treasure, passed entirely on trust to strangers.

Teacher Sadil Mehmedmovic provided Tuzla's only postal service. We follow Sadil on his round, visiting shell-shocked towns and villages. There wasn't a proper postal service for over two years, but the underground service was astonishingly reliable. For Nazlija Delic the postal service was a godsend as she awaited news of her sons: one was fighting on the front, another was wounded, and a third was a prisoner of war.

Produced by ABC Australia
Distributed by Journeyman Pictures

Inside Rebel Territory - Chechnya ()

Synopsis:
How will the killing of Aslan Maskhadov affect fighting in Chechnya? As images of Maskhadov's body circulate, we bring back the last ever interview Maskhadov recorded.

101 East : China's Dirty Secrets ()

Synopsis:
China's juggernaut economy is the envy of the world, but at what cost to the country's people and environment? 101 East investigates.