[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.]
It was one-and-half years ago when Umesh rang me on mobile when I was at my office. Immediately after I said hello, he started.
“KP, we need an association.”
“Why? What happened?”
“Everybody irritates me by asking if we have any association (he was asked in a radio interview about the association so he was interested).”
“What to do then we don’t have others?”
“Let’s we two make one, others will come.”
“Ok, let’s think then.”
Around the same time, we at United We Blog!, after receiving free membership of Media Bloggers Association (MBA) of USA, were also thinking in the same line. Robert Cox, the mastermind behind MBA, was willing to go with a Nepal Chapter of MBA. I, Dinesh, Deepak and Tapas had already discussed about it. We were also talking about bringing in Umesh, but we didn’t knew him personally then.
On Oct 1, 2005, we organized a dinner party to celebrate the anniversary of UWB! and invited among others Umesh and KP. I was hoping that the issue of association will come somehow [I had already received the email from KP about BLOGAN]. But it didn’t come as both parties thought the other should start it.
Earlier when I had received email from KP with the proposal of forming an association, I liked the idea and name. I sent back an email suggesting to be very clear on ethics and mission statement. I was also skeptical about forming a small association and told KP that first we should gather a fBut later the discussion just went cold.
On 26 October, 2006, Martin Chautari organized a discussion on blogging (Nepali Blogging around Feb 1st and Now) and I was invited as a pundit along with James Sharrock. KP, Darshan and Rosha were there. It was the series in which KP’s idea of blogging by Prachanda and King Gyanendra grabbed great attention.
After the discussion, all four of us went to a tea shop and discussed the idea of BLOGAN. At the same meeting, KP asked me to take initiative and I agreed. But for long, I was busy with my works and all when suddenly KP told me that we should hold a meeting on Feb 2 – the historic day because King Gyanendra seized the power on the same day two years back.
Then we started inviting people! And that was that. There were 12 who attended …
0 responses to “Remembering BLOGAN Initiatives”
I have a feeling that there will be more associations of this type in Nepal. Perhaps BLOGAN Pokhara, BLOGAN Dhankuta, BLOGAN Chitwan and BLOGAN Dang. I urge BLOGAN to do all it can to bring all bloggers from around the globe as fast as you can so there is only one BLOGAN and it works well.
Best wishes to you all.
Keep up the great job of keeping everyone informed.
Love your site theme and of course the hurdle you have taken to improve the quality of Nepali blogs.
Some views from me about BLOGAN Initiative:
One fine day, I was chatting with DEEPAK Adhikari (Deepak’s Diary) in my gmail. I had just read one Article about BLOGAN in this site Nepalivoices but at that that time, I did not know who maintained this blog. I think I left comment also in that article, I am not sure now.
I was really excited by this BLOGAN Idea but being unknown to initiator, I told Deepak in chat, “someone is talking about BLOGAN Deepak ji, I liked that idea. who is that guy, I do not know but we need to think about it. What You say?”
Deepak told me the blogger is no one but “our own” Ujjawal Acharya. I do not know what he meant by “our own” at that time, might be he was referring to Kantipur Dabali….people from same Media House.
I said okay. I had read Ujjal in some other Blogs like Radiant Star and it was almost defunct at that time.So, I did not have clue about this new project.
I asked Deepak, what U say? He said in some complex English sentences (he has that habit and is capable of) but very simple thing that he is not interested in these Group stuffs and is very happy blogging in this world cladestinely or being unknown to many, or something like that. I said okay………
But, I kept on browsing its developments. Kept on reading about it. Today Deepak has been active in BLOGAN and BLOGAN has taken almot concrete shape and that my excitement immediately after reading Nepalivoices at that time has come true.
These incidents date back to………..I will tell in my next comment
These incidents date back to………..2006 November. Unfortunately, I did not drop any comments at that time in that blog which I found after doing little googly (WC time) inside this blog. But despite not commenting at that time, I was whole heartedly with Ujjal.
Read that Article I am referring to here:http://www.nepalivoices.com/2006/11/09/proposing-bloggers-association-of-nepal/
Though this thing was in my mind, In December when I was in KTM, I could not talk about it coz I did not know Ujjal personally and had not interacted him until recently. Though in Kantipur palace, I met Wagle Dinesh and deepak, I refrained from talking about it coz I knew that they were not much enthu.
Now Deepak is doing very great work to make Blogan to survive and let’s hope that wagle thinks about it.
Just some feelings, n now I know that, by the time I knew something about BLOGAN, many more things/discussions about it had already happened.
You guys are doing good job. Keep it up.
thank you
Holanara
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