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CODE OF ETHICS FOR BLOGGERS (Proposed on May 27, 2011)

Friends, here is the code of ethics proposed by Ujjwal Acharya( The Radiant Star ). You are free to give suggestions DOs: A blogger should honestly: Be honest and fair on what you write in your blog Write things that you believe to be truth Specify your source of information – credit to offline sources and link to online sources Specify clearly the use of any unconfirmed fact or information Avoid conflict of interest – clearly disclose your position including job, financial interest, affiliation and relationship if they related to the post OR maintain an detailed About Me page Clearly differentiate between advertisements and blog content Disclose clearly if an entry is posted sponsored or as advertisement or after accepting a payment or goods to write it Admit and correct mistakes as soon as possible but only with strikethrough or editorial note Allow comments to engage audience, allow different opinions and clearly state your moderation policy if any Show compassion for human being –...

Janabadi cinema or Maoist Cinema or Revolutionary Cinema: What is its Nepali Avatar ?

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By Harsha Man Maharjan Janabadi Cinema. Marxist Cinema.Maoist Cinema. What is Janabadi Cinema ? How is it different from other cinemas? Is it Marxist Cinema ? Is it Maoist Cinema ? Answers to these questions are difficult to get. Some people believe there is nothing like Janabadi cinema. What they accept is there are two types of cinema– good and bad cinema. That’s all. But to know about Janabadi cinema, you have to see some of these cinemas. Video Cassette shop owners can assist you. What you need to do is go and ask one of such owners about the cinema and he/she will provide more than ten cinemas which the owner thinks are Janabadi cinema. In this situation some of which you get might not be Janabadi cinema. Usually what you get are Lal Salam, Jannayudha, etc. So, best way to know about Janabadi cinema is to ask the advocates of these cinemas. I know there are two such people Ramesh Bhattarai and Ishwor Chandra Gywali. Bhattarai and Gywali have written few articles on the issue. Here...

Gigapedia or Library.nu for Democratization of Knowledge

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The story began on January 2011. Dateline: Zurich, Switzerland. I went there to participate at Winter School Program of ETH on Postgraduate Winter School: Historical Development Experiences in Comparative Perspective (January 23-28, 2011). This program helped me to know more critically about development issues especially foreign aid. Pls see pixs from that program. More than this, I came to know about Gigapedia–a website where we can download books. One of friends I met there, informed me about this. According to him, he and his colleagues at the university downloaded books from this website. Now this website has been changed in to www.library.nu. Please visit this library to download books‒new and old. What i hope is this website helps in democratizing knowledge. Don't you think so ?