Dinesh Wagle on Nepali Society

Dinesh Wagle on Nepali society

Month: June 2013

  • The God. Whose God?

    Many Hindus actively practice, promote and protect untouchability, the caste-based discrimination. There are several layers of untouchability in Hindu society but the most visible is the one against the Dalits (collectively those…

  • Janakpur: ‘परित्यक्त’ शहरमा एउटा ‘राजकीय’ यात्रा

    १९/२० जून, २०१३:  हामी जानकी मन्दिरमा पुगेका के थियौं ‘राजा’ अर्को ढोकाबाट निस्किहाले । हराउदै गएको साइरनको अावाजबाट मन्दिर परिसरमा उभिएका हामी पक्का भयौं ज्ञानेन्द्र होटल फर्किए । मन्दिर लगभग खाली…

  • Packrafting Nepal: The Indrawati, Balephi Khola and Upper Sun Kosi

    Originally posted on kathmandustories: Sh..Sh… Shivering in a Train Ko Dibba Another “what I did on my holiday” entry, I’m afraid. I went with http://www.wagle.com.np on a four day pack…

  • खोलामा झोला । ढुंगामा डुंगा । पानीमा छप्ल्यांग । Packrafting- @ Indrawati, Balephi and Sunkosi River

    चार दिने यो पदयात्रा सहितको राफ्टिंग अनुभव हो । मार्च २८-३१, २०१३ अन्तिमको बाहेकका सबै तस्बिरहरू- पिटर एल्लेन । भिडीयो यहाँ छ । पहिलो दिन यात्रा खासमा कोटेश्वरबाट सुरुभयो जब…

  • Dry Fruit Sellers of Old Delhi

    19th March Satish took me to parts of Old Delhi where I hadn’t gone during my two-year stay in the city. We had gone to the area looking for the…

  • a trip to ramechhap and dolakha [off-roading, paddling and hiking]

    4-7 February 2013 Peter and I went to two hilly districts east of Kathmandu. Dolakha and Ramechhap. Business trip. One has to cross five rivers- Indrawati, Balephi, Sunkoshi, Tamakoshi (three times)…

  • i was walking through the city streets… #oldDelhi

    18th-19th March A trip to New Delhi is not complete without taking a walk through the animating streets of Old Delhi. The old part of Delhi feels like a super enlarged Ason. More…

  • Parthasarathy Rocks (and Flowers of JNU)

    17th and 20th March 2013 When I was living in Delhi as a correspondent for Kantipur, PSR was my favorite place in the city. That, according to me, is also…

  • Migrant Workers: Nepali (Rolpali) Porters of Shimla

    भागी ती भागीका छोरा पिलेन घुइक्याउदा छन् अभागी गरिवका छोरा भारी चुइक्याउदा छन् मसुरी डाँडोमा भारतभरीका र संसारकै मान्छे पुग्छन् । तिनीहरु कुन देश या भारतीय राज्यका हुन् खुट्टयाउन हत्तपत्त…

  • Dubai and Yam [केटो जो विदेशियो]

    Friend Sudeep Shrestha is in UAE at the moment (today’s his last day there, as per his tweet) for what seems like a fun trip of Dubai and Abu Dhabi.…

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