Dinesh Wagle's Commentaries

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  • Kathmandu Pre-monsoon Rains

    Two photos taken before (above) and during (below) rains in Kathmandu within two hours. It’s been raining a lot in the capital city these days. According to a report in today’s Nagarik daily by reporter Shyam Bhatta, this year’s pre-monsoon season has created record. Kathmandu valley saw heaviest of rainfall of this season on Friday…

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  • A piece of bus literature

    Many of us may have seen those often funny and rhythmic lines written on the back of trucks. Articles have been written about them. But I hadn’t seen (or don’t recall seeing one) such lines written right on the sun shade of a bus. Usually drivers and their assistants known as khalasis (gadi sahayak) put…

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  • Nepali Journalists’ Convention and New Leadership (tweets)

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    The Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) held its two-day general convention that ended today with the election of a new Central Committee. Here are my tweets from (and about) the convention and poll results. Today’s Tweets https://twitter.com/#!/wagle/status/65843907845566465 https://twitter.com/#!/wagle/status/65839943305539584 https://twitter.com/#!/wagle/status/65839750711476224 https://twitter.com/#!/wagle/status/65838286215720960 https://twitter.com/#!/wagle/status/65838065444331520 Yesterday’s Tweets https://twitter.com/#!/wagle/status/65370125796249600 https://twitter.com/#!/wagle/status/65361786504876032 https://twitter.com/#!/wagle/status/65361356869742592 https://twitter.com/#!/wagle/status/65360877527900160 https://twitter.com/#!/wagle/status/65358817537433600 https://twitter.com/#!/wagle/status/65357686711123968 https://twitter.com/#!/wagle/status/65357119372791808 https://twitter.com/#!/wagle/status/65356699028029440 https://twitter.com/#!/wagle/status/65355781729554432

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  • Cycling their way home. #Kathmandu

    Two middle-aged men drag their bicycles on the slope leading up to Koteshwor, Kathmandu this evening. In these times of “environmental consciousness” I can safely assume that they are not trying to make any statements like “we are toiling because we care for our environment” and “we prefer cycling because we dislike traveling in vehicles…

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  • [झक्कुलाई झापड] A Man, Teashop Owner, Slaps a (Maoist) Lawmaker (Tweets- for the record)

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    For the record: Premraj Devkota, the teashop owner just outside Kantipur complex- where my office is located- slapped Maoist lawmaker Jhakku Prasad Subedi. Like many staffs at Kantipur I too have gone many times for tea and quick snacks at Premraj daju’s place (though its not my favorite teashop- didn’t even know his name till…

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  • Just before the raindrops touched the earth

    New Baneshwar, Kathmndu.6:41 pm NST. Posted from WordPress for Android

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  • बिचरा सभासद !

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    दिनेश वाग्ले वाग्ले स्ट्रिट जर्नल काठमाडौ, वैशाख १६- हालैको एक साँझ ज्वालाकुमारी साह भीमसेनगोला, काठमान्डुस्थित डेरामा थकित अवस्थामा पुगेकी थिइन् । पाहुना कोठामा ‘सहारा वान’ च्यानलमार्फत हिन्दी फिल्म ‘औलाद’ देखाइरहेको टिभी बन्द गरेपछि उनले साढे चार वर्षे जुम्ल्याहामध्येका एकलाई सोधिन्- ‘बेटा, होमवर्क गर्‍यौ ?’ छोराको जबाफ त्यही आयो जो ज्वालाले बितेका तीन वर्षयता जनतालाई दिइरहेकी छन्-…

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  • Kathmandu Valley Banda After a Long Time (Tweets, for the record)

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    Kathmandu experienced a general strike (popularly known as “banda”- closure) today after a long time. I tweeted my thoughts about the strike. I present those tweets (in reverse chronological order) here for my record. I spent a couple of early hours of the day talking to two Maoist lawmakers- one of them was too shy…

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  • Registered for Voter ID Card

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    Got myself registered with the Election Commission of Nepal this afternoon. They needed my (Nepali) Citizenship Certificate and some additional information that are not printed in nagarikta. I was required to be present at the EC registration office in my village so that the Logitech 1.3 MP web camera attached to a Dell laptop could…

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  • Aayal Nigam… no oil

    This shaded trail leads to the central offices of one of the most controversial and inept government entities (corporations) of Nepal. Seen today. No, they were not staging sit-in protest to demand efficient fuel supply in the country. Attached to this is a key government office where hundreds of people flock every day (during office…

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