Safia Mainali

  By Rupa Mainali  December 13, 2024 Childhood memories! Countdown, 1,2,3,4,5,.....,10. (Please hide fast! Are you done hiding?) Yeah...! (an innocent kid responds, giggling) quickly realizes that s/he invites the chaser in the place where s/he had been hiding. Also, whenever a child gets stubborn and keep on weeping for any kind of stuffs, s/he is emotionally blackmailed by a common line, "Stop crying, Police uncle will come, pack you in a sack and take you away."  What if similar scenario knocks at your young age!? As a child one could have enjoyed the hide and seek but imagine doing it in real time at the age of 27 since one and half year! Don't you think, life is all about hiding past sorrows and seeking for a new reason to make joy a permanent member till your last breathe!? But what is the worth of such a life where there exists just happiness and no any hurdles (being a human, even in a movie of around 2-3 hours, hardships of the protagonists and lots of plot twis...

-By Rupa Mainali Ever heard! "Images are deceiving. Salt and sugar look exactly the same but taste very different." - Suzy Kassem Well, similar case can be observed in the movie "Shattered Glass" , which is based on a 1998 Vanity Fair article by H. G. Bissinger. If you've ever wondered what happens when you pursue a career of your choice and you would do anything to fit in it then, this may be the movie for you.   Stephen Glass, "the cool guy" in the newsroom with his colleagues. About the movie: Written and directed by Billy Ray.  Genre: Thriller/drama Released year: 2003 This biographical moral drama presents the downfall of a rising journalist exposed for fabricating stories. Summary: The plot of the film is easy to understand, the film itself is easy to understand. Stephen Glass is presented as a cool character of this movie. He is the youngest reporter (24 years old) working for The New  Republic and expert in buttering others. Michael Kelly, t...