Dinesh Wagle on Nepali Society

Dinesh Wagle on Nepali society

Month: October 2005

  • From Kantipur FM to Supreme Court to Deepak’s Place

    That was quite a busy day yesterday. Spending time in Kantipur FM and in Supreme Court to express solidarity and update on the writ petition. Today’s Valley Banda, general strike…


  • Finally, No Lukla At All

    Okay, here is the news. I cancelled by Lukla trip this morning…in fact yesterday late night. More important and historical things are happening in Kathmandu and I want to experience…


  • No Lukla For The Day

    Kathmandu: The dateline of this blog tells it all. I am still in the capital city of Nepal. I was supposed to be in Lukla, eastern region, today. But who…


  • Ready For Lukla

    If every thing goes as planned, I will be in Lukla or somewhere in Solukhumbu (Namche) by this time (10:27 PM) tomorrow. I will take a flight to Lukla early…


  • Kavis or Poets of Kantipur

    The word poet or kavi has become a not-to-be-so-proud-of kind of word in my office. Guys address each other with the title kavi or poet. Oh..kavi, the usual way of…


  • On Marriage. On Email.

    There is a saying in Nepali: Namari Bache, Kala le Sache… You see many things in a life; you just need to be alive. I agree with that. After we…


  • Welcoming Winter in Kathmandu

    Kathmandu is exceptionally clear today. Up in North, white and snowy mountains are shining as the sunlight hits upon their cool bodies. The view is clear. It’s beautiful. As I…


  • The Day in Office, After Dashain

    The first day in office after (three-day-long) Dashain holiday means replying to a question that comes from everyone you meet: How was you Dashain? Yes, I have already written about…


  • The Disconnected Day

    Yesterday, I had to spend whole day without connected to the Internet. The connection at my home didn’t work. It didn’t work for the whole day and I felt damn…


  • Dinner on the Dashain Eve

    Yesterday was the last day in office before Dashain festival. Narayan Wagle (no personal relation. He is the editor of Kantipur where I work as a reporter.) had a tentative…