Nirantar releases July 2008 Issue

Nirantar, a Hindi blogzine published by me, has been lying dormant for a while (a year, to be precise). Its heartening that the zine is alive again with its July 2008 issue available on your nearest browsers now. here are the issue highlights: Can India afford its villages? This is the cover story for the […]

An interview with Dr Sugata Mitra

An interview with award winning scientist & proponent of the Hole in the Wall (HIW) experiment: Dr Sugata Mitra. He started the experiment at the slums at Kalkaji, Delhi in 1999 & proved that kids could learn computers without formal training and teachers.

Podbharti.com launches pure Hindi Podcasting service

I feel elated to tell you that I and follow Hindi blogger Shashi Singh have launched Podbharti, India’s first pure Hindi Podzine targeted towards Hindi audience in India and abroad, and providing a comprehensive coverage of News & Views about Indian language blogging, Tools & Technology, Current Affairs and the Entertainment Industry. Podbharti.com also declared […]

Nirantar June issue is "WordPress Special"

The June issue of Nirantar is on the browsers now. This has ushered in theme-based issues for Nirantar, the issue being a “WordPress special”. The meteoric rise in the popularity of this open-source blogging tool led us to go for a special issue that focuses on its journey so far and ample advices for the […]

World's first Hindi blogzine

I feel elated in presenting Nirantar, World's first Hindi blogzine. It has been the result of untiring efforts of so many Hindi bloggers, and prominently that of Pankaj Narula, Jitendra Chaudhary, Anup Shukla, Ravishankar Shrivastava, Atul Arora and Raman Kaul but I must say that the fire kindled in the Hindi blogging community for strengthening […]

Hindi blogzine : The time has come

It seems the Hindi blogdom will soon realize its dream of creating a Hindi blogzine, “Nirantar“. The monthly blogzine on the anvil has the mission to chronicle the blogdom in general with an emphasis on the Indian language blogging scenario. However, the magazine, hopefully, would not be confined to topics related to blogging alone. We […]