Hindi blogosphere

The Hindi blogosphere is the online community of weblogs in Hindi language that are a part of the larger Indian blogosphere.

History

Alok Kumar is known as the first Hindi blogger. ^[1] His blog नौ दौ ग्यारह (9-2-11) was the first known Hindi blog. He coined the term Chittha (Hindi : चिट्ठा) for blog. This term was quickly adopted by other bloggers, and later became the standard Hindi term. Because of the difficulties involved in typing Hindi script, very few people used it online. However, later, the availability of Hindi typing tools, the number of Hindi bloggers began to grow.

In 2007, the number of Hindi blogs increased rapidly. This was due to the advent of Indic Unicode support in various blogging services, the introduction of new Hindi typing tools like Google Indic Transliteration tool in Blogger, and the promotion of Hindi blogging in the mainstream media. ^[2]

Women in Hindi blogging

Some of the most popular Hindi bloggers are women. In April 2013, there were more than 50,000 Hindi blogs, one-fourth of which were written by female bloggers. ^[3]

Types of blogs

Most early Hindi blogs were personal, there were only a few topic-focused blogs. During 2007, the number of Hindi blogs increased rapidly and blogs began covering various topics such as cinema, technology, science, hobbies, and photography. In 2010, The Wall Street Journal started a Hindi blog called India Real Time and ending in 2017, which covered news, sports, Bollywood, politics and business. ^{[4] [5]}

Blog literary award

The Parikalpana Award memento

The Parikalpna Award is a literary award for blogs in India. It is presented by the magazine Parikalpnaa Samay and the company Parikalpnaa. ^[6]

Events

Ravindra Prabhat addressing the Third International Bloggers Conference in Kathmandu, 13 September 2013. With senior Nepali Congress leader Arjun Narasingha K.C., Kumud Adhikari, Vikram Mani Tripathi, KK Yadav and Rajiv Shankar Mishra.

• First International Hindi Bloggers Conference was inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Mr. Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank in New Delhi on 30 April 2011. This single day celebration session was chaired by Ashok Chakradhar, Dr. Ram Darash Mishra, Prabhakar Shrotriy, Ravindra Prabhat and Vishwa Bandhu Gupta. ^[8]
• Second Hindi Bloggers Conference was inaugurated by the Senior Indian Journalist Mr Mudra Rakshas in Lucknow on 27 August 2012. This one day celebration session was chaired by Shailendra Sagar, Birendra Yadav, Udbhrant, Rakesh Veda, Sudhakar Adeeb, Ravindra Prabhat and Dr. Subhaash Ray. ^[9]
• Third International Bloggers Conference was inaugurated by the Senior leader of Nepali Congress Party and Ex- cabinet minister of Nepal Mr.Arjun Narasingha K.C. in Kathmandu, Nepal. It started on 13 September 2013 and concluded on 15 September 2013. South Asian Bloggers and literary persons participated in Kathmandu. Parallel online contributions were made by the other participants. This three-day celebration session was chaired by Mr. Kumud Adhikari, Suman Pokhrel, Uma Suvedi, Sanat Regmi, Vikram Mani Tripathi, Ravindra Prabhat, Dr. Rama Dwivedi, Dr. Sampatdevi Muraraka, K.K. Yadav, Akanksha Yadav, Girish Pankaj, Lalit Sharma, B.S. Pawala, Dr Ram Bahadur Mishra, Shailesh Bharatvasi, Mukesh Kumar Sinha, Mukesh Tiwari, Manoj Bhavuk, Saroj Suman, Vinay Prajapati, Sunita Prem Yadav etc. Nepali, Hindi, Bhojpuri, Awadhi, Maithili, Chhattisgarhi writer and folklore scholar. ^[10]
• The Fourth International Bloggers Conference was inaugurated by the Secretary General of the Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Fub Shring, in Thimphu, Bhutan, starting on 16 January 2015 and concluded on 18 January 2015. This three-day celebration session was chaired by the Deputy Secretary General of the Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Chandra Kshetri, Chairperson of the Women's Wing of the SAARC Committee and the International School of Bhutan; Mrs. Thinley Lham, Chairman of the Linguistics Department at Assam University in Silchar; Professor Mr. Nityanand Pandey, Director of Indian Postal Services, Allahabad region; Mr. Krishna Kumar Yadav; and Senior Hindi Satirist Mr. Girish Pankaj. ^[11]
• Fifth International Bloggers Conference was inaugurated by the Senior Dramatist in Sri Lanka Mr. Somrathne Withana and Ex Cabinet Minister of Uttar Pradesh Govt. Mr. Nakul Dubey in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo and cultural capital Kandy on 23 May 2015 and concluded on 27 May. It was chaired by Director Postal Service, Rajasthan west Region, Jodhpur, Mr. Krishna Kumar Yadav, Head of Deptt. Hindi Department and Uttar Maharashtra University Jalgaon, Mr. Sunil Kulkarni and Chief Editor of Parikalpana Samay and organizer of 'International Bloggers Conference’ Senior Hindi satirist Mr. Ravindra Prabhat. ^[12]

See also

• Blogosphere
• Indic computing

References

1. Hindi Bloging Ka Itihas, Author- Ravindra Prabhat, Publisher-Hindi Sahitya Niketan, Bijnor, India, Year- 2011, p. 180, ISBN   978-93-80916-14-9
2. Hindi Bloging: Abhivyakti ki Nayi Kranti, Editor- Awinash Bachaspati/Ravindra Prabhat, Publisher-Hindi Sahitya Niketan, Bijnor, India, Year- 2011, Pages: 376, ISBN   978-93-80916-05-7
3. "Blogging in Hindi for 10 years, city folk win laurels". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
4. Pahwa, Nikhil (17 September 2010). "The Wall Street Journal Launches Hindi Blog - India Real Time Hindi". MEDIANAMA. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
5. "The Wall Street Journal shuts 'India Real Time' blog | India.com". www.india.com. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
6. The World's Versatile Blogger Awards
7. International Bloggers Conference
8. "News in Hindi". Hindi Media. 1 May 2011. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
9. "News in Hindi language".
10. "The South Asian Bloggers community celebrated the Third Bloggers Conference on 13-14-15 September 2013 at Kathmandu in Nepal".
11. "Fourth International Bloggers Conference concluded in Bhutan".
12. "Fifth Parikalpana Award Ceremony".