tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54407613600088908852012-02-03T08:03:37.224+05:30Many Western values are laden and guiding us through in our daily lives. Media as the agent of 'modernization', 'globalization' or ‘Westernization’ are at the top. The global concentration of media ownership, market and content have largely contributed in promoting the vertical World Order, West-East and North-South. Through this blog, I attempt and invite the intelligentsia for the renewed discourses in critical political economy, orientalism and globalization of media and cultural products.Indra Dhoj Kshetrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11357879563620873494noreply@blogger.comBlogger161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440761360008890885.post-27254084207599526992012-02-03T07:52:00.003+05:302012-02-03T08:03:37.312+05:30

My original tweet. On January 24, US President Barrack Obama was giving State of the Union address to the joint session of US Congress - the Senate and the House of Representatives. I followed the event and participated in tweeting about it. Happily, One of my tweet (right) with the hastag of the the day #sotu was picked by BBCWorld (pic below). Here is the snapshot of the pick. You can also

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सोसल मिडिया प्रयोग गर्ने धेरैले यसबाट फाइदा बेफाइदा दुवै भएको बताउँछन् । मित्रता, बिचार आदानप्रदान, प्रत्यक्ष कुराकानी, पुराना साथीहरुसँग पुनर्मिलन, टाढा रहेका आफन्तसित प्रत्यक्ष कुराकानी र नियमित सम्पर्क, फुर्सदको समय उपयोग यसका केही फाइदाहरु हुन् । अझ बढेर भन्नुपर्दा यसले राजनीतिक अभियानहरु गर्न र एक हदसम्म आन्दोलन नै अगाडी बढाउन समेत सघाएको छ । जसको पछिल्लो उदाहरण अरब राष्ट्रहरुमा भएका

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Absent-mindedly we chose to take the Daman way while coming to Kathmandu from Hetauda. Initially, we had planned to come through Kulekhani and Dakshinkali. But as I stopped in Bhainse, 9km from Hetauda to Kathmandu, for a cup of tea, I happened to stop it turning towards Daman way. Without thinking much, we took the Daman way after having a salty tea at Bhainse. Initially, as this was the new

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My recent article 'The political economy of Business news in Nepal's broadsheet dailies' is published in Media Adhyaan 5. For referencing: Kshetri, I. D. (2010). Nepali Broadsheet Dainikma Byaparik Samacharko Artha Rajniti [The political economy of Business news in Nepal's broadsheet dailies]. In Media Adhyaan 5: 115-133. क्षेत्री, इन्द्रध्वज । ब्रोडशिट दैनिकमा व्यापारिक समाचारको अर्थराजनीति ।

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The politics behind government's haste in bringing out an 'industrial policy' with a coveted anti-laborer 'no work; no pay policy' despite being unable to do almost anything else.

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Read my article on the trends and rationale of use of agency materials by broadsheet dailies of Nepal.

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My article on Bodhi on the brief history and current status of online news portals in Nepal. Read it HERE.

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After three weeks of political turmoil, Nepal has finally got the new coalition government. Now, the moderate communist party, UML led coalition replaces the hard-line Maoist led coalition in Nepal. When the Maoists pulled out of the government, opposition parties had to toil hard and wait long to materialize any such coalition to prove majority in jumbo 601 member constituent assembly and

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NEPAL is the youngest Republic in the world. It is the only country in South Asia ruled by the Communist Party that rose from rebellion and grabbed power through democratic election. There are many things which make this beautiful Himalayan Sangri-la unique. Despite tremendous possibilities and enormous resources, Nepal is the poorest country in the region. People had high hopes that their fate

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 Preamble This idea of seeing my own country's history sprouts out from an examination paper. In one paper of my first semester final examinations (MSS in Journalism, Media and Communication, Dhaka University), there was a question how I saw the development patterns in South Asia. I had no option but to write and I did. But, later when I came back, I realized that it was too surfacial.

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Che, Marx and Angels have been objectified! Occasionally, I am involved in discussions with my colleagues and friends and these discussions can focus on anything under the sun. Often, wherever I can, I don’t forget to look at the things from critical political economic perspective which has the root in Marxism and Neo-Marxism. Even in the feminist and media discourses, I clearly see the impact

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My recent article on beauty (available below) was read by considerably conscious and learned people and I was lucky to get important feedback. Also the list of the members of the group created in the facebook to further this discourse is getting longer. By now they have exceeded 70. If you are also in the facebook please join and show your solidarity to this effort by joining Oriental Media

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It may be very difficult for the people to understand that Beauty is a myth. But, it is indeed solely a myth. Myths differ according to the cultures and beauty can differ from one’s eyes to the others’. So why, Wordsworth said beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. However, even our eyes are deceived. We are preoccupied by myths. Everything we see is framed by these myths and our sights are

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I was hanging around facebook till midnight. I occasionally do so when I have a lot of burden. Actually, facebook is providing me a wonderful place for diversion and also many times, it is a leisure time activity. It is also facilitating my social networks. In fact, I have met many friends with whom I had lost the contacts.However, the coin has the other side as well, the grimmer and darker side.

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Dear Friends,The Oriental Civilization is no less richer than the Western civilization which is dominant across the world these days. Many Western values have been guiding us through in our daily lives. For the last five hundred years or more explicitly since the Renaissance in Europe, they have gone far ahead. They ruled the world in terms of military power followed by the global expansion of

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For the whole article, please visit my another blog where references about media studies are availed through one window: http://mediareferences.blogspot.com/

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