Category: Wagle Reporting
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Walking Around a Nepali Village
Clicking some (or all) photos will take the clicker to my Flickr page. In the morning, in Chandanpur village of Lalitpur district, we decided to take a walk for a while. We wanted to see how people were living in their homes and what they were doing in their fields. We walked uphill for about…
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The Motorcycle Diary: Nepali Version!
See the related article [Motorcycle Diary] in Nepali in Blogmandu Recently I went to some “remote” areas of Lalitpur district pillion riding on my reporter colleague Suraj Kunwar’s Honda Shine. During the overnight trip we rode over the bumpy roads, stopped for tea and snack in small tea-shops and stayed in a dirty lodge. But…
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Phones, Presidential Oath and the Restaurant Bill
It wasn’t predicted. It wasn’t on my schedule. In a way it was like any other unpredictable day in my professional life. As I was heading towards office thinking about what I might do in the newsroom, the cell rang- GSM I must mention, not the CDMA, as I have started carrying two if I…
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Compensation to Nepalis Killed in Iraq: The Reporting Experience
Media Watch: Nepali reporters and news outlets sometime make jokes out of themselves. While reporting news, they hardly care about facts, those facts that are usually the backbone of the story itself. Rookie reporters and careless editors are often to be blamed for such inaccuracies. I am talking about the coverage of latest development from…
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Fatalism And Development. The Book.
All photos by Yogesh Khatiwada I have posted the photos of me looking for, finding and buying the much acclaimed book Fatalism and Development by anthropologist Dor Bahadur Bista who has gone missing since 1997.
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Chyura Set in New Road
Pics of Wagle by Yogesh who’s seen partly in the photo above- front. Other pics by Wagle Background: I had this idea of a story about the rising inflation, worldwide and in Nepal. I wanted the real story, human story not just the hard facts. Though I am not an a-dollar-day man (fortunately I earn…
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All About Nepali Press Conferences (Including Two by Jimmy Carter)
The Jimmy Carter press conferences (pic by Bikas Rauniar) were definitely better organized than many of the usual PCs in Nepal that are grossly mismanaged and both organizers and reporters are responsible for such mess. 24 Nov: It’s 10:30 PM and I just finished writing second of the two news items of the day (they…
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White Water Rafting in Trishuli
Yea, I want to do more rafting and in more challenging rivers. Bhote Koshi, I will see you soon! Bindas over water: Wagle waves at camera while rafting That was my first experience with rafting. I was excited and was too eager to board into one of the raft boats anchored on the bank of…
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Bungy Jumping In Nepal: An Incredible Experience
But I’ve decided never to jump again. It perplexes me why people claim to find joy in leaping from a towering 160-meter bridge. All photos by Suraj Kunwar. Am I an adventurer? Such questions are unnecessary because it is evident that I am one. I thoroughly enjoy traveling, exploring, trekking, ascending hills, and descending to…
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British (And Other Foreign) Film Festival in Kathmandu
Kathmandu sees many foreign language film festivals, not just Bollywood and Hollywood flicks. One after another, it’s now time for British Film Festival in Kathmandu. The sixth edition of the yearly event was inaugurated by the British Ambassador Andrew Hall yesterday evening in Gopi Krishna Cinema Hall. Over the past several years, we have seen…
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