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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 Thapa, who sees his future in religion-based politics, participated. Thapa said the conference expressed concern over sinister plans being carried out in Nepal to wipe…
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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 younger one (at the front) was crying when we saw them. His brother was trying to put him inside the basket instead of water gallons!…
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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 भन्न मिल्दैन नत्र कसरी चलाउँछ रेष्टुराँ र होटलहरू लज, क्याफे र साइबरक्याफेहरू खुद्रा पसल र क्युरियो पसलहरू दिल्ली आउनुभएको छ भने तपाईँ पहाडगन्ज नपुगेको पत्याउँदै…
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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 देशका गाउँहरू’bout अनभिज्ञ हुन्छन् । केही साताअघि ‘भारतीय विस्तारवाद’ विरुद्ध आन्दोलन छेडेका कारणले नेपाली माओवादीहरू समाचारमा आएको बेला मलाई पोहोर गाडी चलाउन सिकाउने गुरुले सोधे-…
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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 I don’t enjoy alcohol. Not that I don’t consume liquor because I believe that’s unhealthy or not a good thing to do. I simply don’t…
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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. Above the bustling market is a peaceful and not so well maintained park where shoppers and other people come to take rest. Some play chess…
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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 of the Times now posted in New Delhi, with an analysis titled “China Intensifies Tug of War With India on Nepal.” That was in mid-February.…
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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 titled: निधनको खबरले भरियो फेसबुक [Facebook filled with the news of death (of GPK)] When Girija Prasad Koirala was born in 1925 Nepal was a…
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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. Two days ago a woman identifying herself as a reporter with Time Out Delhi called me at my apartment number. It was not unusual though.…
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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 । ‘पहिलो कुन अर्थमा भने यसअघि उहाँ कहिल्यै पनि राजनीतिक मिसन लिएर दिल्ली आउनुभएको थिएन’, उनीसँगै आएका एक सहयोगीले गतसाता भने । ‘यसअघि कि त…
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