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About Dinesh Wagle

Dinesh Wagle is a journalist at Kantipur and The Kathmandu Post, both daily newspapers, by Kantipur Publication, Nepal. [The advertisements that you may see on this website are not run by Dinesh. More about this on right sidebar.]

@ Rolpa [Libang] photos and journal from my October trip #Nepal

Unlike many other Nepali districts Rolpa has a distinct image of its own. Unfortunately that ‘distinctiveness’ is not necessarily positive and/or based on positive vibe. Think about Iraq and Afghanistan of the past decade. Rolpa once was Nepal’s ‘ground zero’. … Continue reading

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Rukum to Dang

Here are some photos from my bus ride on what people are forced to call a ‘highway’ that connects Rukum with Dang. In between these districts is Salyan. The road isn’t blacktopped which meant a bumpy ride that lasted for … Continue reading

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Kids of Rukum: fishing, diving, clashing, and smiling

>>This post contains 46 photos. This a sequel to the previous post titled People and Faces from Rukum’s Headquarter Musikot [RIP, Steve Jobs]. In this post I present photos that I took (of kids) during my excursion in Musikot, the headquarter of … Continue reading

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People and Faces from Rukum’s Headquarter Musikot [RIP, Steve Jobs]

It was a bumpy, and at times scary, ride on a Bolero early in the morning but that saved me a day’s walk to arrive in Musikot, the headquarter of Rukum district. As I ordered the food I took out … Continue reading

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Limping all day long with a Donkey caravan to reach Rukumkot

(Oct 22 note: Photos related to this post will be posted later this week.) Ten minutes to the walk, I felt a pinch on my knee. Left side of the left knee. It was 6:40 am. I was heading downhill … Continue reading

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