# 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. 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, as the availability of Hindi typing tools increased, 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.

## Women in Hindi blogging

Some of the most prominent Hindi bloggers are women. As of April 2013, there were over 50,000 Hindi blogs, with approximately one-quarter of them authored by female bloggers.

## Types of blogs

In the early stages, most Hindi blogs were personal in nature, with only a limited number focused on specific topics. 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.

## Blog literary award

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

## Events

* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.