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May 26th, 2007

Nepal: The Mount Everest Buzz

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Every mountaineering season, Mount Everest attracts hundreds of climbers from all over the world. Sherpas are key to successful ascent, but they do not get due credit. 2 comments · read »

April 23rd, 2007

Nepal: Bloggers Form Association

Ujjwal Acharya · 12:24 · South Asia

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Twenty-four bloggers from capital Kathmandu gathered on Saturday April 21 to discuss the formation of Bloggers Association of Nepal (BLOGAN) for the promotion and protection of blogs and blogging in the tiny Himalayan country where blogs are yet to be recognized by the population. 12 comments · read »

April 10th, 2007

Nepal: Beauties and the Beasts?

Ujjwal Acharya · 02:37 · South Asia

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As in earlier years, Miss Nepal 2007 contest drew protests from women activists and Nepali bloggers were not pleased. Even if Maoists minister in the interim government talked against it, some of them thought the protest was for nothing. 1 comment · read »

April 3rd, 2007

Nepal: Cautious Welcome to Rebels in Government

Ujjwal Acharya · 14:32 · South Asia

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The Maoists of Nepal, who ended 12-year-long armed insurgency to come to the mainstream politics, joined the government on April 1 taking up five ministries under premiership of Girija Prasad Koirala. More than 13,000 people lost their lives due to the insurgency and that was something peaceful poluation of the ... 1 comment · read »

March 23rd, 2007

Nepal: Roar against Internet Shutdown

Ujjwal Acharya · 06:49 · South Asia

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The decision of the Internet Service Providers Association of Nepal (ISPAN) to shut down internet services for two hours – one each in morning and evening – didn’t have good effect on bloggers. The shutdown was a part of the protest program announced by the Nepal’s industrialists against the Maoists’ ... 2 comments · read »

March 16th, 2007

Nepal: Abdication talks and the provocative CD

Ujjwal Acharya · 17:15 · South Asia

Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala’s suggestion that King Gyanendra and Crown Prince Paras should abdicate created the loudest buzz in Nepal. Amid talks of going into republic after the king assumed the executive powers in Feb 1, 2005 and then lost it due to April 2006 Uprising – a people’s ... 0 comments · read »