United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

By Dinesh Wagle on August 31st, 2005 in Wagle Street Journal
Debut novel Palpasa Cafe has created history in Nepali book industry by selling out 5 thousands copies in a month.
As a critic recently noted, Narayan’s Wagle’s novel Palpasa Cafe is filled with many coincidences. The meeting between Drishya and Palpasa (two main characters) in Goa, [...]

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A travelogue: Bloggers Deepak and Dinesh went to Dhulikhel, a picturesque Nepali town, in a sponsored trip on Saturday. In the journey, they discovered friends in some journalists.
By Deepak Adhikari
Some of our colleagues at Kantipur Complex were unaware that Dinesh, I and Pawan (Kathmandu Post) were getting panicky every passing minute. Later, Dipendra Bhandari, the [...]

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Nepali newspaper features United We Blog!
In yet another report about blogs in Nepali media, UWB features in today’s issue of Rajdhani, a national daily published from Kathmandu. The article, written by KP Dhungana, a blogger himself, tries to introduce the concept of web logs to its readers. It highlights the importance of the new internet [...]

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By Dinesh Wagle on August 10th, 2005 in Wagle Street Journal
What does it mean to be a Miss Nepal? (Beautiful photos of beautiful girls on this post will not be displayed)
Who Will Be a Miss Nepal?: Contestants of Miss Nepal 2005 are visiting to different places including Bal Mandir, an orphan center, in Kathmandu. They [...]

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“How Can You Say So?”: US Ambassador
At a time when the Information and Communication Minister and the spokesperson of the government is warning the diplomatic community to keep their mouth shut over the “internal affairs” of Nepal, James F. Moriarty, the US ambassador has delivered one of the toughest anti-government speech today. He has asked [...]

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By Kiran Chapagain on August 9th, 2005 in Eagle Eye
King’s constitutionality questioned in the court for the first time in Nepal. An analysis
The debate over the constitutionality of King Gyanendra has now reached to the court from the streets of the capital. Now lawyers have begun to question the constitutionality of the king as the [...]

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By Vishnu on August 8th, 2005 in Bashnet Ko Guff
UPDATED: A Dangerous trend which will worsen the bloody situation in Nepal.
In yet another instance of state-supported violence, seven people have been killed while dozens more have been displaced in Agra and surrounding villages of Makawanpur and Dhading districts. It is a state-sponsored lynching mob, ostensibly [...]

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This is an absurd question today for many because almost all post-paid mobile phones are ringing. But for me, a man happy with the pre-paid mobile, it’s an important question. My mobile is dead for more than six months, I had almost thought of buying a post-paid one. But an advertisement in newspapers by Nepal [...]

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What struck me was that the news of Ambition Academy Miss Teen Nepal 2005 appeared with the tag line “Breaking News” on Kantipur Online. I still wonder if it was exactly the right decision. A critique of online journalism in Nepal
By Satish Jung Shahi
On Saturday night, August 6, popular news web portal Kantipur Online came [...]

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By Deepak Adhikari on August 7th, 2005 in Dashing Deep
On a clear and sunny July morning, three gentlemen in their 40s and 50s tread casually in the corridor of Tribhuvan University, arguably nation’s biggest education hub. A motley of 20-something-year- old students watch them with an air of curiosity and surprise.
There is no age bar [...]

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