Blogs, by Ujjwal Acharya

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.

  • Welcome to NepaliVoices!

    NepaliVoices is now online. As promised, today is Oct 1 – a historic date. It is a historic day because on the same day two years ago, United We Blog! – the pioneering blog was established by Dinesh Wagle and Ujjwal Acharya. NepaliVoices will be a voice for all Nepali bloggers.

  • Enjoying Malaysia!

    Behind me is Malaysia’s famous twin towers. Malaysia is amazing! Its clean and well-developed. I am enjoying my stay in Kuala Lumpur because of its beauty and ACC Trophy 2006 being hosted here.

  • Going to Malaysia

    As the second tour this year, I am going to Malaysia (yea, once again the South East Asia country) for two weeks. I will be covering ACC Trophy 2006, the biggest international event Nepal plays, and hoping that Nepal will win the trophy for the first time. I will be updating scores and news at…

  • Two Thoughts on Nepali Journalism

    Rethinking About Media Sources Yesterday saw an event that needs to me considered by the media personnel. A group of people protested in front of Kantipur Complex, the building that houses the biggest daily Kantipur and Kantipur TV among others and curtailed it for more than four hours. Only after Kantipur TV representative read an…

  • Time to Catch up on Sleep

    (That’s what you are probably thinking after the completion of the World Cup. Here is the story that I wrote for today’s The Kathmandu Post) After 31 nights of football fever, Nepali football fans now clamor for a good night’s sleep, but they will of course find time for World Cup gossip and analysis. Although…

  • SLC Nostalgia in Hi-Tech Era

    The SLC results for this year is going to be published today. Results SLC or School Leaving Certificate examination or so-called Iron Gate is something that everybody in Nepal is interested in. For a few more days, everybody would be found talking about it. SLC results traditionally used to be published in Gorkhapatra, the state-owned…

  • World Cup, Illness and Blogging

    It has been long since I wrote anything. The World Cup was taking my toll and I fell ill for a few days – thanks to unlimited food during one of the late-night match. Sadly, my favorite team is out. Argentina lost to Germany despite dominating the whole game. I felt sad – more when…

  • World Cup, Argentina & Me

    The biggest football event of the world, the World Cup, is coming and like in every other country it is gripping Nepal. Everywhere you go you will find something that would remind you of the event. Every small and big companies, shops and business is brainstorming to find out a way to cash the passion.…

  • Now in Kathmandu

    I have come to Kathmandu after 12-day tour. Yesterday, after day-long walk we reached Lukla for a night stay before we finally leave for Kathmandu. The story yesterday was same as it was all tiring walk from Namche to Lukla after attending the prize-distribution ceremony. For dinner, we bought two cocks and Bikash cooked it…

  • Back to Namche from Everest Base Camp

    It was a long tiring day yesterday. Early morning yesterday, I woke up and drank a cup of tea with Chhitiz. Bikash rose a little late and joined us. We just sat at the dinning hall of Ama Dablam Lodge chatting how slow the life moves in those areas. At 8:15 AM, Bikash and I…