Dinesh Wagle on Nepali Society

Dinesh Wagle on Nepali society

Author: DW

  • Shah Rukh Khan: Don’t Apologize to Shiv Sena

    Update (04-Jan): Speaking in London where he is promoting his movie My Name is Khan, Shah Rukh Khan today said: “I don’t know what the issue is all about…I don’t…


  • Streets of Kolkata, India

    Kolkata was one of the four largest cities in India where I hadn’t been to until October 2009. I went to Mumbai in October 2008, Delhi a month later and…


  • विहार अब त्यस्तो छैन

    दिनेश वाग्ले वाग्ले स्ट्रिट जर्नल गए साता काठमान्डूमा भारतीय राजदूतले त्यही गरे जो उनले गर्नुपर्ने हो- आथितेय मुलुकको आन्तरिक मामिलामा अनावश्यक चासो दिनुको साटो आफ्नो देशको प्रवद्र्धन गर्ने । ‘केही…


  • Shillong and Cherrapunji

    Traveling with two IITians: Cherrapunji to Kolkata [PDF version of the article in Koseli] The event described in the blog happened in the first week of October. Here’s Parmalink: http://wp.me/pjyem-s6…


  • IPL is not India-Pakistan League

    Pakistanis should know that the I in IPL stands for Indian, not International. And the P definitely doesn’t stand for Pakistan. IPL is not the India-Pakistan League. It’s purely an…


  • Jaipur Literature Festival 2010

    “How was it?” asked my friend Deepak when he knew from me that I was back in Delhi from attending two days of Jaipur Literature Festival. Here’s what I replied:…


  • बनारसी संस्कृत

    दिनेश वाग्ले वाग्ले स्ट्रिट जर्नल ह्वाईट फिल्ड र मल्पी जस्ता नाम भएका काठमान्डूका अंग्रेजी स्कुलबाट एसएलसी र ए लेभल गर्ने, नेपाली अप्ठेरो ठान्ने र खुला सफ्वटेयर आन्दोलनमा रुचिहुने एउटा युवकमा…


  • Khajuraho: A Tour of Erotic Carvings and Statues

    The Khajuraho temples do not contain sexual or erotic art inside the temple or near the deities; however, some external carvings bear erotic art. Also, some of the temples that…


  • Massage at Varanasi Ghats

    You have to be a local or an expert haggler to survive in Varanasi. If not, a rickshaw-wallah will sell you right there, on the street as you stand, to…


  • Varanasi: Five Years On

    Unlike other Indian cities, Varanasi offers amazing excitements and challenges to tourists. First visit: 24 December 2004. Second visit: 6 January 2010 My visit to Varanasi five years ago was…