Ujjwal Acharya

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.

  • Hail NPC!

    Nepal Police Club (NPC) was confirmed as winner of the A Division National Football League with a game in hand after Three Star Club held Manang Marshyangdi Club (MMC) for a 1-1 draw at the ANFA Technical Center Ground, Butwal. MMC needed a victory to make its last match against NPC a title decider, but,…

  • The Ebbing Himal (news magazine)

    Yesterday, I tweeted about new layout design of Himal Khabarpatrika – a fortnightly news magazine published by Kanak Mani Dixit (@kanakmanidixit) for Himalmedia Private Limited. The tweet was a summary of a small text placed in the magazine’s new issue saying that the particular issue onward the magazine has changed the size and layout. http://twitter.com/#!/UjjwalAcharya/status/158576069035835392…

  • Beauty and ‘Beast’ of B division

    Kudos to Sankata Club and Madhyapur Youth Association (MYA) for entering the top flight of Nepali football by finishing top two in the B Division football league. It´s a sweet revival for Sankata, the team that has a long experience of being in the A Division. For five-year-old MYA, it´s a laudable success, especially, as…

  • The Tweeting Editors

    Popular microblogging platform Twitter has become popular among the editors in Nepal. Although the level of impact by the editors’ tweets is yet to be analyzed, they are expressing their opinions and debating on national issues on Twitter. I follow as many tweeting editors as I could find with my Twitter account (@UjjwalAcharya) and it…

  • Gang-fight? No, it’s football

    The week´s biggest sports news was nothing sporty. It was a gang-fight inside a football ground between two well-known top flight clubs. The ugly incident happened in Pokhara during the National Football League on Monday. The intensity of the unruly behavior of the players of Manang Marsyandi Club (MMC) and New Road Team (NRT) was…

  • Reaction to disciplinary action

    The Disciplinary Committee of the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) last week relegated Gyan Bhairav Club, banned it from playing the remaining matches of B Division National League, and slapped a fine for refusing to play the final six minutes of a match after a scuffle with the referee. The club cried foul. It said…

  • Open letter to CAN president

    Dear Mr. Angbuhang, Congratulations for becoming the first elected president of Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN). This is indeed a great moment for you for at least two reasons. First, you completed the mandate given to you as the interim president of CAN within the stipulated time. Second, despite having no relation with cricket until…

  • Social Media Diplomacy

    American Ambassador to Nepal, Scott H DeLisi, is in the limelight – thanks to his Facebook page. His opinions expressed there are being quoted by Nepali mainstream media frequently. While we have been reading his opinions on current political, and social, aspects of Nepal, his opinion against the strike called by Nepali Congress on Sunday…

  • CAN should ask questions

    The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) is busy planning for the general assembly and first-ever organizational election in its more than 50 years of history. It will elect a big executive committee full with promises. I believe the first agenda that the newly-elected committee should take up is the review of the ACC T20 Cup…

  • Kathmandu Statement on Internet & FoE

    Kathmandu Statement is the outcome of the South Asian Meeting on the Internet and Freedom of Expression, held in Kathmandu from November 2 to 4, 2011. The meeting was organized by the Internet Democracy Project, in collaboration with Point of View (India), the Centre for Policy Alternatives (Sri Lanka) and Global Partners and Associates (UK)…