Most of these blogs are here for archival purpose that I have written from 2004. These days, I prefer to write my occasional blogs at Medium page.
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Happy New Year 2064
Let’s hope Year 2064 will be fruitful to Nepal in terms of political stability, peace building and smooth transition from conflict-hit nation to once-again-country of peace. For Nepali, there is three opportunities to wish happy New Year every 12 months; the Gregorian calendar, the Bikram Sambat, and then the Nepal Sambat. Yet, despite making the
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April 21: Lets Make It a Big Day
The Bloggers Meet for the month of Baisakh has been scheduled for April 21, 2007 (Baisakh 8, 2064). Please note that the meeting day in the second Saturday of the month, not the first as we usually used to meet. The first Saturday of the month is the first day of the New Year 2064
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SLC Exam & Question Leak
Police held two teachers on suspicion of leaking question papers of School Leaving Certificate (SLC) examination after Young Communist League (YCL), a wing of the Maoists, bought questions from them. SLC Exam is something that holds very high value in Nepal. The nation-wide examination, called Iron Gate, is not only attracts attention of all Nepalis
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Nepali Blog Directory in Making
Archana Shrestha, the blogger lady with IT background, has come up with a brilliant idea of creating a list of Nepali blog sites. The Nepali Bloggers enlists 170 blog sites in alphabetical order. Bloggers can submit their blogs using a very easy form on the sidebar and that’s the beaty of it. It is indeed
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Maoists in Government: Shattered Thoughts
Finally, the Maoists have joined the government. If their nomination in the interim parliament didn’t suggest the end of the 12-year-long war, then their entrance into the interim government should. For a Maoist cadre I met at the teashop gossip, it wasn’t a big achievement for them. For him, it was just the shift of
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The Politics of Terror
Maoists left jungle ending their decade long war and entered the capital. The leaders will be in the government soon, but the foundation for their biggest failure is on the making. The people, who had hoped something from them, have slowly losing the faith. And, they should blame themselves for it. The major reasons why
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Bullet to cricket ball: A blind man’s pitch
“There is nothing impossible in the world.” As he said these words in front of a gathering of people most of whom couldn’t see him, he was greeted by thunderous applause. Those clapping either knew that the speaker had proved his words or were enthusiastic about what was coming next. Pawan Ghimire, the man crazy
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All About Blog Meet III
The Blog Meet III looked like a failure to the few who reached the venue at the scheduled time. The earlier two meetings had attracted exactly 12 bloggers each time – though there were changed faces. On Saturday, when I reached the Freedom Forum, there were only three – Deepak, Rosha and Tajim; and it
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Blog Meet III
James Gomez, a Singaporean blogger visiting Nepal for his professional work, was the guest of honor in the third meeting of Bloggers’ Association of Nepal (BLOGAN). He talked about his experience in blogging, the situation in Singapore, and suggested a few ideas to move BLOGAN forward.
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Abdication: Safe Way Out for King
Is abdication of throne a safe way out for King Gyanendra? I pondered the question after reading Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala’s interview on Monday. And I see, in the current situation, King has two more options. First, he can choose to wait till the decision on republic and second, he can, of course, try