Dinesh Wagle on Nepali Society

Dinesh Wagle on Nepali society

Author: DW

  • Politics of Religion and Conversion

    By Dinesh Wagle A conference of Nepali and Indian ultra-Hindu rightists in Mumbai last week has decided to launch “a coordinated campaign to re-establish Nepal as a Hindu state”. Kamal…


  • Kathmandu Valley

    Sibling conflict and cooperation: These kids were carrying gallons of drinking water in the dokos from a tap some 400 meters below their home in a village in Makwanpur. The…


  • पीडितगन्ज, पहाडगन्ज

    दिनेश वाग्ले वाग्ले स्ट्रिट जर्नल हिन्दीमा कुरा गर्छ पहाडगन्जले बोल्छ उर्दू, पञ्जावी र नेपाली पनि अंग्रेजी त राम्रैसँग बुझ्छ जापानी र जर्मनको ज्ञान राख्छ भने फ्रेन्च र इटालियनमा दखल छैन…


  • भारतको ‘नक्सली’ युद्ध

    दिनेश वाग्ले नेपालमें तो बहुत सारे माओवादी हैं’, कतिपय भारतीयहरूले मसँग त्यस्तो भन्ने गर्छन्, मानौं भारतमा ‘माओवादी’ छँदैछैनन् । त्यसो भन्नेमा मुख्यतः दिल्ली या मुम्बईका सहरी वासिन्दा हुन्छन्, जो आफ्नै…


  • A glass of Beer (or a peg of Whiskey, sir?)

    This is slideshow. For the album view, go at the end of the post. Uncle Mehra, my 75-year-old friendly landlord, is not entirely happy with me as he rightly feels…


  • A Tired Indian

    Palika Bazaar is an underground market in central Delhi that is popular among the people who can’t afford to go to fancy malls and nearby branded outlets in Connaught Place.…


  • Nepal in Intl. Media: Annapurna Circuit and Kathmandu in New York Times and Time

    The New York Times and Time magazine are working closely, so to speak, to cover Nepal in the past couple of weeks. First came Jim Yardley, former Beijing bureau chief…


  • A Nepali Death in the age of Twitter and Facebook (RIP #GPK)

    Nepal’s top leader dies. Nepalis all over the world react hysterically on the Web. This blog entry is a supplement to a news report that I wrote in today’s Kantipur…


  • No Nepali food in Delhi?

    Chirag Delhi, a congested neighborhood in South Delhi, is where many Nepali Momowallahs live. They make the momo, half cook and take to different parts of the city to sell.…


  • गच्छदारको भारत यात्रा

    दिनेश वाग्ले थुप्रैपटक मन्त्री बनेका, तीनवटा पार्टीको उच्चस्तरीय अनुभव सँगालेका र सत्ता समीकरणको पछिल्लो खेलमा सही गोटी चालेकाले देशको उपप्रधानमन्त्री बनेका विजयकुमार गच्छदारका निम्ति गत साताको भारत भ्रमण ‘पहिलो’ थियो…