Anish's Blogs • 7th April 2025

Spousal work permit rule changes, international students worry

Pramila Subedi, left, is worried about her work-permit extension. Unless, Ashish, right, lands a top teer job, Subedi has to leave Canada by March 2025. Photo: Anish/ConestogaBy Anish Bhattarai    Pramila Subedi, 24, arrived in Canada in December 2023 and began working in a factory after 3 months of arrival. Now, her future in Canada is uncertain, leaving her stressed and anxious.  “I don’t know what the future holds for me; everything looks uncertain. I may have to return to Nepal, and everythi...

30th March 2025

How to balance fasting and daily hustle in Ramadan? Here's the expert tip

More than 38,000 Muslims in Waterloo region are observing Ramadan, balancing fasting with work and studies. How do they manage? Listen to their experiences along with expert advice on staying energized.

30th March 2025

Seed Swap Saturday

Despite the rainy morning, gardening enthusiasts gathered at the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery for ‘Seedy Saturday.’ From first-time gardeners to experts, attendees shared their love for growing food — some even inspired by economic concerns like the U.S.-Canada trade war.

2nd December 2024

Schneider Haus: A blend of History and Tourism

The metal signboard outside Schneider Haus sways slightly in the breeze. It feels like a welcoming hand pointing towards the house, calling visitors to take a closer look. Beyond the fence, the large white house stands proudly. The wide, green porch stretches out like open arms, ready to welcome visitors.

Anish Reports • 25th November 2024

Art Deco’s stage for Kitchener’s artists

Anish Bhattarai


Lights grow dimmer and dimmer. Only the artists on the stage are visible. The audience cheers for the artists. Applause stops, and silence hits the room. The drama starts, the story starts to unfold.


While the artists tell the story inside a big dark hall, the door is kept closed. Outside the door of this room, there’s a lobby with a high ceiling with decorative lights. Geometrical lines in the ceiling look like constellations were drawn into the ceiling.From the lobby, a s...

Anish Bhattarai • 19th November 2023

Misinformation amid chaos in Israel.

Gaza is bleeding. It is in tears. Guns and bombs bring terror, a tough story for the people there and echoes in the diaspora of Palestinians. War has painted the landscape with suffering, an unbearable weight on shoulders of there. Yet, amid the chaos, Misinformation is like a sneaky weapon, as harmful as the rest. It messes with the truth, messing with people's minds.

Concept/Script/Direction: Anish Bhattarai
Presenter: Sabeena Rai
Video Editor: Manpreet Kaur, Sabeena Rai
Technical Assistance: Bipen Khati, Aakash Kumar

Spoke • 12th October 2023

Canada’s job market is tough right now, international students say

Pitala Sairam is facing a dilemma six months of relocating to Canada. Like many international students, he is now grappling with the harsh reality of not having a part-time job amid increasing inflation.

“It’s very tough here,” said Sairam, a Business Management student at Conestoga College.

The situation in the job market seems to be so bad that some employers are posting signs advertising that they are “not hiring” due in part to the influx of international students asking for jobs. In a Fac

The Independent • 18th January 2023

Relatives protest slow autopsy of Nepal plane crash victims

Grieving relatives of plane crash victims in Nepal were growing impatient as they waited for authorities to conduct autopsies and hand the bodies for cremation.

The Yeti Airlines flight with 72 aboard plummeted into a gorge on Sunday while on approach to the newly opened Pokhara International Airport in the foothills of the Himalayas. There were no survivors.

"It has been four days, but no one is listening to us,” a heart-broken Madan Kumar Jaiswal said on Wednesday, as he waited outside the T

The Independent • 17th January 2023

Nepal to send data recorder from crash to France

Nepalese authorities on Tuesday began returning to families the bodies of victims of a flight that crashed Sunday, and said they were sending the aircraft's data recorder to France for analysis as they try to determine what caused the country's deadliest plane accident in 30 years.

The flight plummeted into a gorge on Sunday while on approach to land at the newly opened Pokhara International Airport in the foothills of the Himalayas, killing at least 70 of the 72 people aboard. Searchers found

The Independent • 16th January 2023

Nepal mourns after deadly plane crash kills at least 66

Nepal began a national day of mourning Monday, a day after a plane crashed while attempting to land at a newly opened airport, killing at least 66 of the 72 people aboard. Rescue workers repelled down a 300-meter gorge to continue the search for the six missing people.

Authorities revised the death toll down from Sunday’s 68 after a recount early Monday morning, said Tek Bahadur K.C., a senior administrative officer in Kaski district. Rescue workers are also scouring the debris for the flight d