Dinesh Wagle on Nepali Society

Dinesh Wagle on Nepali society

Month: February 2013

  • York: the Town, Railway Station, Rivers and a Plate of Momo

    It was a friend of mine who asked me if I wanted to go to York and, through that question, encouraged me to go to the place where he had spent 10…


  • An Empty Speakers’ Corner of Hyde Park

    Protest: For an average Nepali citizen like me understanding the UK’s health care system is challenging. It is ‘complex’. Especially so if I attempt to compare it with our health…


  • York

    It was a long drive that involved two buses and a taxi but not as tiring as one would expect given the distance covered (about 330 kilometers). I found the…


  • From inside a bus

    Posting this update just to take advantage of the free WiFi connection (pleasantly surprised, I must admit) in this moving bus that is taking me to Leeds. Left London- the…


  • Northward

    There are so many things to write about. This evening’s bus ride, branded shops of Oxford Street with ridiculously high prices of the products on display and malls that sell…


  • On Weather Again

    London: today Last two entries have given the impression that the city is so very cold, that I am freezing here in London and that I am about to die…


  • Pasta and daal, for free, in the name of Lord Krishna

    Just as I was about enter through the main gate, someone waved at me and extended a warm invitation. “Come, eat,” he said. “It’s a very cold day today. You…


  • A tour of the BBC building

    Better late than never. Continued from my Feb/March London/UK trip. I visited the newly refurbished BBC building to see newsrooms and recording studios. Liked the design and overall feel of…


  • A Chance Encounter in London and Some Brave Bald Heads

    I was walking aimlessly on Whitehall (road that separates blocks of important British government offices) heading towards Northumberland Avenue. I spotted a young man who was standing on the pavement…


  • a plane full of migrant workers and other travelers

    The plane that just brought me here in Doha from Kathmandu was, as one would normally expect, full of Nepali migrant workers headed to various destinations in the Gulf. One…