Is Kagbeni As Good As Publicized?
My straight answer is: NO!
Kagbeni is one of two first Nepali digital cinemas directed by Bhusan Dahal. Even if you don’t care about Nepali television or music videos, its unlikely that you haven’t heard his name. From Nepal Television’s Sunday Pop to Kantipur Television’s top post, Dahal has a long history in the glamour media [...]
Mourning Demise of Sir Edmund Hillary
Sir Edmund Hillary, one of the first two men atop Mount Everest, passed away. The news made me numb and left me blaming myself why did not I try to meet him on so many occasions he was in Nepal. For many Nepalis like me, Hillary - a New Zealander - was more Nepali than [...]
Some Reading Materials
To keep updated, I am posting links to two articles about citizen journalism:
Voices of Freedom: Blogs and podcasts enable a powerful and authentic voice for marginalised communities sidelined by mainstream media (The Guardian, UK)
The Participatory Nature of OhmyNews: Citizen reporters passionately committed to social change (OhMyNews, Korea)
The Buzz Catching Up
Two things I noticed during the last fortnight was pleasantly surprising – both related to Citizen Journalism.
First is the question paper of Masters in Mass Communication and Journalism of the Purbanchal University. The Advanced Concept of Electronoc Publication paper for the students of the second semester carried a question on blogs.
Explain blogs as an alternative [...]
Remembering BLOGAN Initiatives
[KP Dhungana has written an entry about the birth of BLOGAN. At the time when the association is taking shape, it's an interesting piece of history. I am here translating a bit of his entry and then adding my perspectives. The text in bold are translation of KP's entry.]
