Dinesh Wagle on Nepali Society

Dinesh Wagle on Nepali society

Author: DW

  • The Spillover Effect: from Bihar to Nepal [and the Maoists]

    By Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal We are waiting for the spillover effect to take hold. China is growing phenomenally. India is following China so very closely. We are tightly…


  • Connected in Kathmandu: Complaints and Compliments

    By Dinesh Wagle Soon after Tihar celebrations were over in Kathmandu last week I was in Thamel with a colleague who was leaving the newspaper for good. As he took…


  • Two Years in Delhi, India

    Two years ago today (Nov 6) I left Kathmandu for Delhi. It wasn’t planned but here I am, today, back in Kathmandu from Delhi. I am in a hurry now-…


  • Kids of Dadeldhura on the Dashain Tika Day

    I was in Dadeldhura on the day of Tika this Dashain. The small bazaar on the hill was closed as people were busy celebrating the festival. I had to spend…


  • The Mahakali Bridge on Nepal-India Border

    Chandani & Dodhara villages: These two villages of Mahakali pari (beyond Mahakali) were connected to the mainland Nepal only in 2005 when the government built a 1452.96 meters long suspension…


  • Dadeldhura: after 12 years

    This Dadeldhura looks more beautiful than the one I had seen in my first visit mote than a decade ago. The sight of dense jungle just below Tuphan Danda together…


  • An Overnight Bus Journey to Mahendranagar from New Delhi

      This is clearly one of the most uncomfortable bus journeys that I have undertaken in recent times. I have to spread my legs to form a huge V so…


  • Around the World on a Bicycle: Spreading Message or Loafing Around?

    The ‘world cyclist’ finally arrived in Delhi last week. He had been traveling in India for the past several months. He had added me on Facebook a couple of months…


  • एउटा साइकले ठिटो

    दिनेश वाग्ले वाग्ले स्ट्रिट जर्नल ‘बुझ्नुभो दाइ’, उनले फोनमा भने- ‘नेपाली दूतावासले मलाई सहयोग गरेन भनेर मैले ‘हिन्दुस्तान टाइम्स’लाई इन्टभ्र्यु दिएँ ।’ ‘दूतावासले बडो ठीक गरेछ’, मैले भनेँ- ‘तिमीजस्तो घुमन्तेलाई…


  • Beloved Bamboos of Budha Subba in Bijaypur (Dharan)

    I first visited Dharan in 2001. I was on my way to Kimathanka, the remote and smallest village of Nepal by population bordering China. I stopped for a few days…