I visited two finest places in Kathmandu valley for the first time this weekend. I always wanted to visit the Bhaktapur Durbar Square and Garden of Dreams (Kaiser Mahal), but... On Saturday, my newest tweepal Chiran on Twitter invited us to visit Bhaktapur, when we (I & Ananta ) were busy deciding the place to have coffee. And then we’d the unplanned coffee meet with Chiran there. I’m very thankful to him for guiding us all the way through the Bhaktapur Durbar Square. On Sunday, I’d no specific plans for the day. As soon as I left my flat, I planned to go to Pashupati and my luck, I was ended up in the Keshar Mahal (Kaiser Mahal) famously known as ‘The Garden of Dreams’. Well, that’s it. I had a great weekend. ;) Check out photos below. Bhaktapur Drubar Square: Garden of Dreams:

NASA released a photo of Mount Everest (8,848m Nepal) that was taken from space few days back. Sites including The Atlantic, Mashable etc carried that news saying, ‘Mount Everest Doesn’t Look That Big from Space’. Unfortunately they published the wrong photo of Mount Everest. And we all Tweeted and shared that photo on our networks believing that was Mount Everest. A senior journalist Kunda Dixit inspected that image and Tweeted “Sorry guys, but the tall peak with the shadow in the middle is not Mt Everest. My guess: Xixapangma in Tibet” . @ ujjwalacharya @ pc0101 Sorry guys, but the tall peak with the shadow in the middle is not Mt Everest. My guess: Xixapangma in Tibet — Kunda Dixit (@kundadixit) December 11, 2012 His tweet sparked the conversation on Twitter. I tried to look on Google Earth, but couldn’t locate the exact angle, but somehow I thought they’re similar (All Mountain looks similar to me :P). After some more discussion with Kunda Dixit , Ujjwal Acharya , Peter Ca

I posted some of the Graffiti artworks on my Instagram , that was taken near the Central Zoo in Jawalakhel. Some of the friends on Twitter suggested that these graffiti artworks might have done by the most prominent graffiti artist Banksy, a famous pseudo-anonymous British artist. According to Smashingmagazine, “His art has appeared in cities around the world; and his works focus on topics such as politics, culture, and ethics”. Once my friend had also said, he saw some foreigners doing graffiti art near the zoo. So, I thought they might be Banksy’s gang. But another sources told me, they’re not Banksy’s gang. Anonymous on Twitter said “It’s not Banksy. I remember someone telling that they are from NY. Banksy lives in London and can do better than those graffiti.” I’m not sure who did all those graffiti artworks, but they’re really nice, beautiful and meaningful. May be, it was done by Nepali Youth activists. :)

Mustang, known as forbidden kingdom is largely insulated from the outside world. It is believed that there’re thousands of unexplored caves in Mustang. The National Geographic team; legendary climber Peter Athans, archaeologist Mark Aldenderfer and Photographer Cory Richards unearth the hidden relics of Nepal's ancient and remote caves and reveals the treasures waiting to be discovered within the sky caves of Nepal — stunning murals, deteriorating manuscripts, and ancient artifacts. National Geographic team talks about Mustang Sky Caves in the following videos. Video was released on YouTube few days back. Watch: National Geographic Live! Sky Caves of Nepal       Image via National Geographic

यो हप्ता देखि नेपाल प्रहरीले फेसबुकमा आफ्नो छुट्टै पेज बनाएर, फेसबुकबाटै सर्वसाधारणका पिरमर्का, गुनासा आदि सुन्नथालेकोछ । सर्वसाधारणका गुनासा/कम्प्लेन सुन्ने, प्रहरी संगठनका कुराहरु बाहिर ल्याउने, घटिरहेका घटना तथा गतिविधिहरुको जानकारी दिने, सूचना आदान-प्रदान गर्ने, उदेश्यले फेसबुकको लोकप्रियता सँगै नेपाल प्रहरीले फेसबुकमा आफ्नो उपस्थिति जनाएको हो । पछिल्लो तथ्यांक अनसार करिब १८ लाख फेसबुक प्रयोगकर्ताहरु नेपालमा रहेकाछन् । अक्टोबर १२ मा ‘पेज’ बनाइएको भएपनि,  ५७ औँ प्रहरी दिवसको अवसरमा अक्टोबर १६ मा नेपाल प्रहरीले फेसबुक पेज सञ्चालनमा ल्याएको जानकारी दिएकोथियो । फोटो, लिंक आदि सेयर गरिएको फेसबुक पेजमा यो ब्लग तयार पार्दा सम्म ४,८४९ जनाले लाइक गरेकाछन् । नेपाल प्रहरी फेसबुक पेज मार्फत हामी माझ नजिक त आएको छ, तर पेज निरन्तर अपडेट गरिरहनु र सूचना प्रवाह गरिरहनु चुनौतीपूर्ण काम रहेकोछ । गत वर्ष महानगरिय ट्राफिक प्रहरीले पनि आफ्नो फेसबुक पेज बनाएको थियो । फेसबुक पेज बनाएको केही महिनासम्म, काठमाडौँको ट्राफिक गतिविधिहरु प्राय अपडेट भइरहन्थ्यो तर विचमा अपडेट गर्न छोडियो यद्यपि अक्टोबर महि

After the m2Work ideation phase, which was conducted by infoDev and Nokia's Idea's Project, four mLabs and a mHub (Mobile Nepal ) are organizing m2work Hackathon on September 15 - 16, 2012 with the support of infoDev and YoungInnovations Pvt. Ltd . The four mLabs are situated in Republic of Armenia, Kenya, South Africa and Vietnam. Mobile Nepal is organizing the hackathon in Nepal. The objective of the hackathon is to create mobile applications based on mobile microwork. The participants can convert ideas posted in the ideation phase or own ideas based on mobile microwork. The winners will also be awarded. Prizes-1st:Rs.30,000 2nd:Rs.20,000 3rd:Rs.10,000 The m2Work Hackathon aims to: Shape promising idea submissions into mobile application prototypes; Bolster other prototype mobile microwork applications that qualify for pre-incubation support at infoDev’s Mobile Application Labs (mLabs), and Increase awareness for the job-creating potential of

'ओइ आज कम्पनिबाट मलाइ फोन आयो यार, भ्याकेन्सी छ, आउने हो? भन्दै थियो' मैले खुशी हूँदै भने। 'ल बधाई छ ब्रो, पार्टी खान पाइने भो' सबैले बधाई दिए। 'यार तर एउटा प्रब्लम आइपर्यो, पासपोर्टमा प्रोफेसन चेन्ज गर्नुपर्छ रे, कृषि प्रोफेसन भएकालाइ कम्पनिबाट भिसा निकाल्न मिल्दैन, चेन्ज गरेर पासपोर्ट पठा’भन्दैछ' 'ह्या टेन्सन नली, १ दिनैं चेन्ज हुन्छ परराष्ट्रमा, अलि अस्ति किस्न दाइले चेन्ज गरेर आका हुन' ---------- अँध्यारो भैसकेको थियो, राती नै काठमाडौँ हान्निउ कि जस्तो भको थियो, सुपर एक्साइटेड थिएँ म। हुन पनि म निकै फ्रस्टेड भैसकेको थिएँ, केहि महिना अघि अप्रत्यासित रुपमा घर फर्केको थिएँ। घर आउने खासै योजना नहूँदा नहूँदै कम्पनिले आकस्मिक निर्णय गरेर घर पठाएको थियो। त्यसैले मलाई केहि खल्लो लागि रहेको थियो, म’मा घर फिर्तीको जुन उमङ्ग हुनुपर्ने हो त्यो थिएन। कम्पनिले जनवरीमा कन्ट्रयाक्ट पायो भने बोलाऊँछ भन्ने गाइगुईं सुनेर झिनो आशा त थियो, तर भर लागेको थिएन। शुरुका लाहुरे दिन कलेज पढ्दा ताकाका दशैं छुट्टीका दिन जस्ता थिए, बिहान अबेरसम्म कुम्भकर्णको झैँ सुत्य

संसार अचम्मको छ, बाँच्नु पर्छ सबै देखिन्छ भन्थे हो रै’छ । सामसुङले ५ सेन्टका सिक्काहरुले भरिएको ट्रक एप्पल मुख्यालयमा पठाएर जरिवाना तिर्यो भन्ने हल्ला संसारभर फैलिरहेको बेला, नेपालमा चाँहि “दाङमा वन अधिकृतले कार्यालयबाटै गुगलम्याप हेरेर काठ तस्करी गर्दै गरेका तस्करहरुलाई पक्राउ गरे” भन्ने हल्ला फैलिएकोछ । हल्ला फैलिएको मात्रै त के भन्नु, नेपालका मुलधारका मिडियामा यस्तो नचाहिने र हुनै नसक्ने खबर’ले प्राथमिकता पाएकोछ ! कान्तिपुरमा ‘तस्करी रोक्न गुगल म्याप’ शीर्षकमा छापिएको समाचार यस्तो छ: दाङ, भाद्र १३ - जिल्ला वन कार्यालयले तस्करी रोक्न गुगल म्याप प्रयोगमा ल्याएको छ । यसको प्रयोग वन अधिकृत अरुण शर्मा पौडेलले शुक्रबार कार्यालयमै बसेर गरेका थिए । म्यापलाई सानो बनाएर हेर्दै जाँदा गोल्टाकुरी गाविसको कालितारामा काठ काटेको दृश्य देखियो । उनले तत्काल वन रक्षकको टोली पठाए । वनको टोली  २ घन्टा हिँडेर जंगलमा पुगेपछि काठ काट्दै गरेका एक व्यक्ति आरा, बञ्चरो र पाँच क्युफिट काठसहित पक्राउ परे । सोमबार दिउँसो पनि गुगल म्याप हेर्दै गर्दा पुरन्धारा गाविसका जंगलमा काठ काटिएका दृश्य देखिए । अनि

झट्ट सुन्दा पत्याउन गाह्रो पर्ने कुरा, र खासै चर्चा, परिचर्चा गरेको पनि सुनिँदैन । तर नेपाल पनि कम्प्युटर प्रविधि विषयमा धेरै पहिले देखि काम हुँदै आएको रहेछ । अमेरिकामा एप्पल, आइबिएम, माइक्रोसफ्ट आदि कम्पनीहरु आफ्नो पहिलो माइक्रो कम्प्युटर बनाउने प्रयास गरिरहँदा, नेपालमा पनि यस्तै प्रयास भइरहेको थियो । परिणामस्वरुप आइबिएम भन्दा २-३ वर्ष पहिले नै, नेपालमै माइक्रोचिप्स प्रयोग गरेर माइक्रो कम्प्युटर निर्माण भएको थियो । हिजो लोकस २०१२ मा नेपालमा पहिलो कम्प्युटर बनाउने व्यक्ति भनेर परिचित ईन्जिनियर मुनिबहादुर शाक्यको कुरा सुनिरहँदा, एकमनले रमाइलो र अर्को मनले नरमाइलो लाग्यो । आइबिएम, एप्पल, माइक्रोसफ्ट लगायतका कम्पनीहरुकै हाराहारीमा तत्कालिन समयमा ईन्जिनयर मुनिबहादुर शाक्यले नेपालमै कम्प्युटर बनाउनु भएको थियो । रमाइलो र गौरव यसअर्थमा लाग्छ कि, त्यो समय देखि नै नेपालमा पनि कम्प्युटरको विकास भएको रहेछ, जुन समयमा भारतमा यही किसिमको काम भएको थिएन । तर नरमाइलो यस अर्थमा लाग्यो कि, आइबिएम, एप्पल जस्ता कम्पनीहरु कहाँ पुगे, तर हामी जहिँको तहिँ । हामी सँधै बुद्ध र सगरमाथा भन्दै नाक फुलाएर बसेका छौँ

Social Media Day 2012 celebrated in Kathmandu, Nepal with a great success. Social Media Meetup was attended by 60+ people, including Bloggers, Journalists, Ex-minister of Science and Technology, Entrepreneurs and social media enthusiasts. Nepal is a country with 4.8 million Internet users, which form around 18% of total population. Out of 4.8 million users, 1.6 million users are on Facebook and 50% of them visit Facebook on daily basis. At the program, Blogger & Journalist Ujjwal Acharya talked about the basics of Social Media, whereas Social Aves’ Amit Agrawal talked about Social Media scenario in Nepal and the business value of Social Media. Social Media Enthusiasts & Blogger Aakar, Blogger & Citizen Journalism site Meroreport manager Indra dhoj Kshetri talked about the Social Media tools for bloggers & the Next Trend in Social Media in Nepal respectively.  Event was jointly organized by Nepali Bloggers Unite (Online Nepali Bloggers Community, Social Aves (Socia

We’re organizing a Social Media Meetup in Kathmandu on the occasion of Social Media Day 2012 on 30 th June. Mashable launched this event in 2010 for the first time to recognize the digital revolution, that’s happening in-front of our eyes. Social Media Day is being celebrated worldwide and we’re excited to celebrate Mashable’s third annual Social Media Day in Kathmandu, Nepal as well. Social Media has been the voice of voiceless people these days. It has played a major role in changing the fortune of many countries and the fortune of many brands. Social Media serves different value and can be used for different purposes. Social Media, which is also known as New Media, is challenging the main stream media. We can find information & news just by navigating Facebook, Twitter and Blogs these days. Social Networking sites are the most effective way to disseminate the information. In Nepal, Facebook is the most popular social network with 1.4 Million users, and most of them access F