Reporter's Notebook
Two and half years ago, Sudheer Sharma, I and Dinesh Wagle scratched our heads to begin a brand new column for soon-to-be-weekly newsmagazine. We decided that a two-page news tidbits column with graphics, milestone, and numbers would be perfect. The column, named Ankhijyal by me in a spur of the moment, encompassed the news from Nepali Diaspora in New York to a finding that revealed that carrying cell phones in pant's pocket may cause sperm count decrease! Later, I knew that NEFEJ too has a TV program called Ankhijhyal.
Thus was born a serendipitious column Ankhijhyal and I was assigned as its coordinator, a thankless job indeed. For two years, this column consumed most of my time at office. I received good number of comments on its variety and style of on-your-face presentation.
Six months ago, as Nepal Weekly saw a new editor, the column too underwent changes. I bade farewell to time-consuming graphics, numbers, and milestone. My job was easier now. I focused mainly on human-interest news. Kantipur reporters Benup Bhattarai (Ilam) and Ghanashyam Khadka (Tanahu) have contributed immensely. These gregarious reporters are also best staffs Kantipur has in its disposal.
Also noteworthy is the contributions by colleagues Sarojraj Adhikari and Dineshjung Shah. Their small-but-sweet pieces always shone. Three months ago, a column featuring the important events of week (Gata Sata) was added in it. Peshal Acharya has been looking after it and henceforth, he will be coordinating Ankhijyal.
We journos grow with such columns–it's so much part of our lives. As a coordinator, I learned so many things and now time has come to move ahead bidding it a no-hard-feelings goodbye. Adieu Ankhijhyal!
Saturday, November 04, 2006
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Who Reads my Blog?
I started this blog keeping in mind that I'm the best reader of these personal vignettes. I also assumed that my friends and colleagues would spare a few minutes for me.
However, it has expanded its sphere, albeit in a slow pace. Now, I can gauge its scope, thanks to site meter. Since I installed it at the bottom of the blog, I eagerly follow the traffic to my blogsite.
Visitors came across my site mainly through the links provided by fellow bloggers. KP Dhungana's Hamro Blog is one of chief sources. Thank you, KP; I haven't been able to reciprocate you. Others like Zade, Dinesh, Ujjwal, Shailendra and Mahesh have provided with generous links to my blog.
Scrolling the traffic in site meter, I found that people run into my blog also by searching for Palpasa Cafe, a novel by journalist Narayan Wagle. After reading his debut novel, I wrote a brief review for UWB but Ujjwal preceded me. So, I posted it in comment section of UWB, and later here.
One captive reader has been my ex-girlfriend. It's heartening to note how blog has bridged us even months after our separation. Few friends abroad are also regular visitors (Nischal, I believe you are reading this).
Recently, my colleague Dineshjung Shah returned from the US. He told me of a Jhapali guy who was curious to know about me. He read a blog I had written a year ago after receiving Dashain tika from my grandparents in Dudhe, Jhapa. He might have come across my blog through a Google search.
Big names definitely draw big traffic. That's why sometimes I'm tempted to write about Madonna, Britney, and Beckham. But, I would like to keep this blog low-profile. I would like to write things that have the urgency to divulge to my quality-readers.
It has been ten months I started blogging here (I'll surely write an anniversary blog). At times, I'm languid, won't blog for more than a month–often telling myself–no one reads this rubbish that hovers around the life of a hack. But, gradually I've discovered the meaning of writing about self. It's a journey to the self!
However, it has expanded its sphere, albeit in a slow pace. Now, I can gauge its scope, thanks to site meter. Since I installed it at the bottom of the blog, I eagerly follow the traffic to my blogsite.
Visitors came across my site mainly through the links provided by fellow bloggers. KP Dhungana's Hamro Blog is one of chief sources. Thank you, KP; I haven't been able to reciprocate you. Others like Zade, Dinesh, Ujjwal, Shailendra and Mahesh have provided with generous links to my blog.
Scrolling the traffic in site meter, I found that people run into my blog also by searching for Palpasa Cafe, a novel by journalist Narayan Wagle. After reading his debut novel, I wrote a brief review for UWB but Ujjwal preceded me. So, I posted it in comment section of UWB, and later here.
One captive reader has been my ex-girlfriend. It's heartening to note how blog has bridged us even months after our separation. Few friends abroad are also regular visitors (Nischal, I believe you are reading this).
Recently, my colleague Dineshjung Shah returned from the US. He told me of a Jhapali guy who was curious to know about me. He read a blog I had written a year ago after receiving Dashain tika from my grandparents in Dudhe, Jhapa. He might have come across my blog through a Google search.
Big names definitely draw big traffic. That's why sometimes I'm tempted to write about Madonna, Britney, and Beckham. But, I would like to keep this blog low-profile. I would like to write things that have the urgency to divulge to my quality-readers.
It has been ten months I started blogging here (I'll surely write an anniversary blog). At times, I'm languid, won't blog for more than a month–often telling myself–no one reads this rubbish that hovers around the life of a hack. But, gradually I've discovered the meaning of writing about self. It's a journey to the self!
Monday, October 30, 2006
Party Time for Nepal Team
Photoblog
Colleagues at Nepal Magazine attended a party thrown by our Editor Kishore Nepal in the eve of Tihar. Here are the pics. Here's the Notebook piece I wrote for Nepal Magazine. Get-togethers are not new for us. See this farewell posting to our ex-editor Sudheer Sharma.
All pics by Shaligram Tiwari
Kickstarting the party
Editor Nepal gives a lecture, Assistant Editor Prashant Aryal (seated right) smiles, Bhojraj looks on, Chandra Shekhar Dai's bald head shines while I'm busy eating.
Bhojraj, Mukul and Santosh
Folks busy among themselves
PLANNING FOR UPCOMING ISSUE?
Saying Cheese!
Colleagues at Nepal Magazine attended a party thrown by our Editor Kishore Nepal in the eve of Tihar. Here are the pics. Here's the Notebook piece I wrote for Nepal Magazine. Get-togethers are not new for us. See this farewell posting to our ex-editor Sudheer Sharma.
All pics by Shaligram Tiwari
Kickstarting the party
Editor Nepal gives a lecture, Assistant Editor Prashant Aryal (seated right) smiles, Bhojraj looks on, Chandra Shekhar Dai's bald head shines while I'm busy eating.
Bhojraj, Mukul and Santosh
Folks busy among themselves
PLANNING FOR UPCOMING ISSUE?
Saying Cheese!
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