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Sikkim Newa Guthi felicitates “Proud to be a Sikkimese” blogger

By himalayanreview






SINGTAM, SEPTEMBER 12: Blogger Shital Pradhan from Singtam was felicitated by the Sikkim Newa Guthi along with four other distinguished personalities at the College Auditorium, Tadong, in a colorful event yesterday on the occasion of Indra Jatra. The other felicitated personalities included senior litterateur and Editor Pradhyuman Shrestha, Cine Actor Uttam Pradhan, Painter Dhiraj Pradhan, Taekwondo Player and Police Inspector Check Post Sabitri Pradhan, and Museum curator Ruben Pradhan.

Shital Pradhan, a teacher by profession, is the creator of “Proud to be a Sikkimese,” a popular blog in Sikkim. Pradhan thanked Sikkim Newa Guthi for the honor and wished that this honor would encourage him to do better work in the coming days. I am deeply grateful to my readers for following my work over the years, and I am confident that my findings on Sikkim will continue to benefit them. I owe my success to Sikkim Express and other newspapers that have always helped me grow as a writer, added Pradhan.  

This is my third felicitation for my blog; previously, I had been honored by Sanghrash NGO from Rongli in 2010 and by Himali Sangh, a State-Level Youth-Awarded NGO from Dalapchand in June 2011, said Pradhan.

Shital Pradhan is the longest-running blogger from Sikkim. His “Proud to be a Sikkimese” (http://sikhim.blogspot.com/) blog is the most popular blog in Sikkim, with more than 2 lakh page views. He started this blog in May 2007. This blog is more like an encyclopedia of Sikkim. Articles and essays on various subjects related to Sikkim, along with rare photographs, are published on the blog.

Shital Pradhan's blog Proud to be a Sikkimese,” also won the second spot in two separate categories of the Best of Indian Blogosphere (BoIB) 2010 polls under the categories Arts & Hobby Blogs and Entertainment, News & Media. Shital Pradhan is a weekly columnist for Sikkim Express, the daily newspaper from Gangtok since 2009. He is also an editor of “Singtam Basibiyalo,” a monthly newspaper from Singtam, and “Mile Post”, a monthly Dalapchand Secondary School newspaper. 
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