Singha Durbar is a 13-episode television drama series portraying collaborative leadership and good governance. The show tells the story of the inner-workings of the seemingly impenetrable central government of Nepal, humanizing the country’s politicians and creating role models for an inclusive, transparent and collaborative leadership style.Singha Durbar TV series is using the power of drama to create in its audience a sense of possibility that their government leaders could serve the whole country rather than their narrow political interests.
The TV series is funded by USAID and is produced by Search for Common Ground Nepal, along with production partner Mila Productions.
The writing process of Singha Durbar started earlier in 2014. The writers team of Singha Durbar, lead by Abinash Bikram Shah, developed the story after much consultation with political leaders, government and security agency officers among others. Consultation was constantly sought during the script writing process.The production of the TV series started from June 2015 and was completed by August 2015. Earlier planned for a release in September, it was rescheduledto November due to the changing country context.
Singha Durbar, the TV series deals different themes arching the issues of governance and collaborative leadership. Following are the issues the TV series have dealt with:
Episode 1: Democracy, leadership and gender equality.
Episode 2: Collaborative leadership, resolving personal conflicts and inclusion.
Episode 3:Agriculture, cooperation and solution orientated problem solving.
Episode 4: Safer migration, labour trafficking and rule of law.
Episode 5: Agriculture and food security, corruption and impunity.
Episode 6: Health and improving scrutiny of medicines.
Episode 7: Local Governance and violence free elections.
Episode 8: Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and collaborative leadership.
Episode 9: Access to justice
Episode 10: Climate change and multi party democracy
Episode 11: Budget, role of tax, conflict resolution and public engagement.
Episode 12: Truth and Reconciliation (transformation for peace) / SportsTransformation
Episode 13: Truth and Reconciliation (transformation for peace) / Sports
Singha Durbar is set to broadcast from Nepal Television from November 15, 2015. The half an hour show will air every Sunday from 8:50 pm.
