The Long Lost Prince: The Forbidden Land (An extract)

 By Saroj Koirala, an engineering student from Kathmandu Engineering college

The woman slowly stood up with an aid of what appeared to be a walking stick and coming to the light, she said abiding by her initial tone, “Tell my lad, why is it that if a man lives in jungle refraining his social relations, he is called a hermit and if a woman do so, she is condemned as witch.”

Read the full version with the link to download the full version at his blog.

I bet you don't get me

By Urjala Maharjan, a CA student from Sankalpa Professionals Academy

Do you think that nobody understands you?You answered with a yes,didn't you?? Keep reading.....I can't assure to make you feel better but here's an attempt to make you realize that you're not the only one who is un-understood.Let's take an overview of two categories of people who think that they are misunderstood/un-understood.First category belongs to those who post:

"Nobody understands me.....I'm sick and tired of this life.... I'm living the life of hell"
-via iPhone

Read More at her blog, newbie! 

You have fought enough for equal opportunity, why not fight for equal respect now?

By Sujil Maharjan, a plus two graduate from AVM Higher Secondary School.

 

“A cold night and ornate streets full of roaming crowd”

It is the specialty of Thamel, a famous place of Kathmandu. Thousands of opportunities lie here and thousands of crimes also takes place here. It has been a boon for some and a nightmare for rest. It takes enough gut to see beyond the curtain in this place. And I saw it; people doing bad deeds deliberately. They are not different in today’s Nepal. Actually, they have greater privilege than a normal Nepali citizen. The “they” that I am referring are the third genders. Some even hesitate to call themselves a gay. I guess I shouldn’t explain what a third-gender means. Having enough privilege, yet they are doing wrong. It was yesterday night when I was returning from Thamel that I saw them openly with short skirt and male voice, puffing the smoke rings and awaiting the prey, in other words, to deceive people for money.

Read more at :http://tsujilmzn.blogspot.com/2012/12/you-have-fought-enough-for-equal.html

The KTM Blogging Competition

Blogging, one of the most powerful types of social networking, is sadly not as popular in Nepal as it is in the West. The KTM Blog Competition is a platform for Nepal’s youth to start being heard.

When you blog, your opinion matters. It makes you open to criticism. It makes you responsible for your ideas. And oh… there’s always that part where you share your mad writing/ photography/ technical skills with the world! If you’ve always wanted to start speaking out, share your photographs, or build the capacity of a club/ NGO you’re involved with than this is your chance.

How it works:
DEC 22 – JAN 5 Create your own blog and enter the first post (or Post your new blog post on your own blog after or on the 22 December 2012.
• You must notify us of your URL at freebloggers2012@gmail.com so we can monitor your progress and re-blog your post onto the Central Blog- ktmblogcomp.blogspot.com. You can see the Categories of the blog posts to view here.

JAN 6-9: The 3 winners (one from each category) will be announced! The winners should collect their swag (Women LEAD certificates and Google merchandise) from the Women LEAD office in Jawalakhel by 15th January
DEC 31 – JAN 31: KEEP BLOGGING! If you blog at least twice a week in January, a blogging expert from the Google Student Ambassadors program will give you a free consult on expanding your influence through improving your blog.

Judging Criteria:
o HYPE: The number of likes, shares, re-bogs, +1s up to Saturday, 29th December, 5pm.
o TECH: The effective utilization of plugins and resources
o QUALITY: The extent and quality of conversation generated through the comments
o ORIGINALITY: The creativity and uniqueness of your blog site and blog post
o Please Note: Inappropriate content/ word use/ images and plagiarism are grounds for automatic disqualification.

Competition Rules & Regulations:
o Bloggers must be students (+2 / Bachelors), or on a gap year, in the Kathmandu valley.
o Three blog categories (one winner from each):
• Personal: can be about anything you’re passionate about.
• Professional: for a club/ organization you’re involved with
• Video/Photography: For creative students to express themselves better!
o The blog post must be published on or after the 22nd of December on your own blogger account. (Yes, blogger! since it creates a uniformity)
• If you already have a blog on blogger (created before December 22nd), you must make some modifications (like the plugin that shows the number of visitors), and publish a new blog post.
o Blog posts must state “This is an entry into the KTM Blog Competition”, at the beginning of the post