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.

  • Why Freeware is Free?

    Many computer users have probably pondered why there are so many free programs – also called freeware – available? Why would freeware programmers spend countless hours for free at all? And for their dedication, users are happy to see so many available programs suiting their needs without having to pay a single paisa. Freeware also…

  • Little Things Journalists Can Do

    I know as a journalist the happy moment is when somebody talk back about something s/he has written. Even better is when somebody acts positively after the writing appears. Same happened to Deepak. He wanted to write about a girl in Magaltar, Kavre who has been tied whole time since she was senseless – unable…

  • The Nepali Irony: Living in Darkness

    Nepal is the second richest country in the world (after Brazil) yet we are forced to spent a few hours everyday under darkness. Anbika Giri, in UWB!, writes about loadshedding in the town. Nepal is second richest country in water resource in the world. Sounds good but reality? We are facing load shedding, we have…

  • Nepal’s District in Saudi Arabia!

    Confused! Well, a news entry in Laliguras says that Nepalis from Rauthat district living in Damam of Saudi Arabia have formed a committee and held the first assmebly. I know that many Nepalis are seeking jobs abroad dur to lack of employment opportunities and conflict in the country but didn’t thought that so many from…

  • Changing Trends in Online Media

    … of Nepal (obviously)! It looks life Year 2006 will redefine the online media in Nepal. With the popularity of blogging growing in 2005 and Google Adsense giving a few bucks to the website owners (even there is rise in the online advertising), mainstream news sites are also trying to go up in competition. On…

  • Journalists in Conflict

    Aha! It’s sad to read such experience but journalist Nagendra Upadhyay’s writing in BloggerNepal after being freed from 166 days of prison reflect how difficult the condition is for the journalists outside Kathmandu. Upadhyay recalled how the Maoists forced him to accompany them in the ambulance to the hospital and how the security system in…

  • Picture of True Nepal

    I am undecided after seeing two pictures posted by Tajim with a question: Which is true Nepal? Above two pics shows the actual reality of today’s nepal . Those in ‘called Catmandu’ rock there night with high voltage sound parties and the one in villages have to face the brutality of rebels. United We Blog!…

  • Wikipedia: Gratis, Brobdingnagian & Popular

    Wikipedia is the free online encyclopedia. You’re free to use it, and moreover, you’re free to edit it. It’s proud to introduce itself as the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Users’ ability to add new to or edit the existing articles has not only made this five-year old project a huge success but has…

  • What India Says?

    United We Blog! has the transcript of the interview given by Indian Ambassdor to Nepal Shiva Shankar Murkherjee to Vijay Kumar for the Kantipur Television talk show – Frontline. Today’s main news on The Kathmandu Daily is based on the interview. Kantipur daily published Nepali version of it. What we do not agree with is…

  • Right Tool To Blog

    Nepali blogosphere is spreading. Surely there are people hoping to begin blogging soon. But blogging for a non-technical person is not that easy (when I used the internet for the first time in 1999, I didn’t even knew that there is button called refresh.) For their aid, here I am linking to some of the…