A 16-month old political video has suddenly gained the viral-video status in the Nepalese community during the last few days. While the content of the video presents condemnable facts about the Maoists, the fact that this video has been given “exclusive” publicity immediately after a series of sensitive political development needs to be considered by all of us.
The video I am presenting here is different. I decided to post it here despite some indecent language and I advise that only people of age 13 and above view it. I am just trying to be responsible here by alerting those who care! Your suggestions in this regard are welcome.
I wish I could find some information about the performer, the camera-man or even the context of the video. I found this video in Facebook with-out any clue and am embedding it here as is. If any of you out there have additional information about this video, please be kind to share it with us. This video and the performer both deserve recognition!
I have been posting a lot about FreeSMS lately. In fact, we have been working a lot on it! This one should be a good news for many of you who did not like the phone-registration process. Starting from today, users signing in to Rangeen Chara using Facebook connect can send SMS without registering their phone number with us. The driving factor behind this step is our decision to accept Facebook Id as a proof of identity. We will be sending Facebook Id along with the SMS message so that recipients can figure out the sender of the message if they desire. Users who have an account with us can still use their Facebook account information to log in and send SMS without registering the phone number. Members without Facebook account still need to register their phone number to be able to send SMS.
The number of registered users crossed 400 today. There are many users new to FreeSMS and here is a short introduction to FreeSMS for them:
FreeSMS is a service using which you can send SMS to Nepal for free. You can send SMS to both Nepal Telecom (NTC) and Mero Mobile.
New users can send up to 5 SMS each day during the first month.
After one month, members can send 2 SMS each day.
At any time, members can upgrade to Premium account and send up to 10 SMS per day.
Premium Account holders can send longer messages compared to basic members.
Facebook users can use their account information and start sending SMS to Nepal for free without registration.
Members who do not have Facebook account need to create an account with us and verify their phone number to be able to send SMS.
We are thankful to our members for loving FreeSMS and for providing valuable feedback!
Many Facebook fans have not yet noted that the display message above Facebook status box has changed from “What are you doing right now?” to “What’s on your mind?” Shailesh Pandey, a PhD. student at The University of York, recently posted his thoughts about the change in his Facebook profile. I am presenting it here with his permission.
Facebook keeps on changing itself. I do not want to get into the discussion of how democratic it is and which one is better. One of the changes I found amusing is the status update section. They were not satisfied with knowing what I was doing right now. They wanted more, they want to know what is going on my mind. That is fine with me.
However Facebookers do not seem to change. Most people still post similar content as they previously used to. For them the content that goes inside the box does not have any correspondence with the question being asked. Technically “I am eating Mo:Mo” is not a correct reply to “What’s on your mind?”.
I do not remember a time when my friends have asked me “Ke sochdai chau?” and my reply was “Ma Mo:Mo khadai chhu”.
Assuming people are not going to change. I see two sensible options:
Option 1) Remove the fancy question altogether. Just give this message instead: “Post anything below”.
Option 2) Give two boxes instead of one. Let the people type in their own status question and answer to it.
So now people can write
“What am I eating right now?”–>”I am eating Mo:Mo right now”
“What emotional state am I in?”–>”I am frustrated.”
Away from the time-pass discussion, if you are thinking of why there are companies that do it, answer might be quite simple. Remember we are in the age where information is one of THE sources of power.
There are companies to whom we are enslaved because now they have reached a point where they know almost everything about us.
They know what we like to see/eat/buy/read, who our friends are and what our friends like to see/eat/buy/read…. and now soon how we think.It is what I call “Information Induced Slavery” and I can claim that this term is mine as Google returned “No Result” for this term and Google is never wrong.
This kind move however is a predictable move from a desire to know “what you do” to “how you decide what you do”. On the ground of this reasoning I should not have posted this note. But hey I am addicted to information and a slave does what the masters order.
Rangeen Chara : 1. (n) People from Nepal, usually living abroad, who care about Nepal and Nepali people, 2. (n) Online community of such people, 3. (n) Title of a popular Nepali song.
Also see The Idea Behind
