The motivation behind the zine is manifold: consolidating the creative talent of Hindi blogdom under one hood; perhaps convincing others to take up blogging in Hindi (Isn't it strange that a language spoken by 400 million people and understood by far greater number of people has only 40 odd persons blogging in the language?); showcase the language blogging scenario in general and Hindi blogging in particular and above all providing a wholesome read on a plethora of topics concerning our nation and Indian blogging apart from other for the outside world.
In the inaugural issue of Nirantar, you may read;
- Best Indiblog winner Atanu Dey's Interview with Nitin Pai
- Book Excerpt in Hindi from Rebecca Blood's book "The Weblog Handbook". I must thank her, not only to allow us publish this excerpt, but also to convince her publishers to donate Nirantar 4 copies of her book which we would award at forthcoming competitions at Nirantar.
- Dina Mehta's analytical take on the Indiblogging scenario, which also happens to be the Cover story.
- A tutorial on using Firefox
If you love Hindi, you sure gonna fall in love with Nirantar! I look forward to your suggestions and criticism :)
Update: Another first 'feather' gets added to Hindi blogging's cap, the World's first Hindi Blog Radio "Blognaad" launched by Jitendra.