Archive for February, 2007

A Dozen It Is!

Posted on February 17th, 2007 in BLOGAN.

THE SECOND BLOGGERS’ MEET IN KATHMANDU!

A few new faces, but the second bloggers’ meet held at Freedom Forum today had the same number of participants – 12. And, the best part of it was every participant was seen enjoying the talks and tea!
Discussion centered on plans for future that included holding blogging workshops, publishing a [...]

Joy of Anonymous Blogging

Posted on February 11th, 2007 in Blogs & Blogging.

Blogging gives a different identity - the online presence. But whey would someone doesn’t like to get that recognition; and blog anonymously. This is my personal exploration on the topic drawing from experience of Radio Free Nepal (RFN), Say Na Something and somewhat anonymous Zade.

Bloggers on Media

Posted on February 8th, 2007 in Our Bloggers.

If morning shows the day, then the Year 2007 is going to interesting for the bloggers. Two magazines this month ran the stories of bloggers and blogging:-)
In VOW (Voice of Women), Rosha Basnet invited Darshan Karki (Zade), Sujana Upadhyay and Archana Shrestha for a regular column - My Cup of Tea. The World of Blogging [...]

Will Online Media Topple Newspapers?

Posted on February 4th, 2007 in Best of Blogs.

One of the discussion topics on the recently held Bloggers’ Voices – a gathering of Nepali bloggers – was the old-yet-alive debate of online media versus mainstream media. As the bloggers, a few of us talked about chances of online media in overtaking the newspapers in Nepal (sadly, all of us who advocated in the [...]

Bloggers’ Voices: The Gathering

Posted on February 2nd, 2007 in BLOGAN.

A dozen of Nepali bloggers gathered at the Freedom Forum on the historic day (Magh 19 - the second anniversary of King Gyanendra’s seizure of power beginning a crisis in the country which turned out to be an opportunity for Nepali bloggers) for the first-ever almost formal bloggers’ meet.

Participants of the Bloggers’ Voices: (standing) Ujjwal [...]