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India: Ten Years After
It was a sobering moment when I recently saw a plaque erected beside a wall at Delhi’s another well-known market in Sarojini Nagar. “Condolence to those who died in the bomb blast on 29 Sept 2005,” said the plaque. It listed the names/identities of 47 people. A total of 50 people died on that day.…
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भारतमा दाहालको मन्तव्य
दिनेश वाग्ले वाग्ले स्ट्रिट जर्नल ‘तुम्हारा प्रचण्ड ने क्या कहदिया यार,’ माओवादी अध्यक्ष पुष्पकमल दाहालले नयाँ बानेश्वर वक्तव्य दिएको भोलिपल्ट एक भारतीय मित्रले फोन गरेर सोधे, ‘डाइरेक्ट इन्डिया से बात करना चाहते हे ओ ! क्या वात भाइ नेपाल कबसे गोर्खाल्यान्ड हो गया ?’ समाचार लेख्नुबाहेक दिल्लीमा नेपाली संवाददाताको अर्को काम हुन्छ – भारतीयहरूसँगका गफमा…
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दिल्लीमा बन्दिपुरको अटोवाला
दिनेश वाग्ले वाग्ले स्ट्रिट जर्नल ‘तपाईं जानुस् एकचोटि’ उनले आफ्नो गाउँ बन्दिपुर, तनहुँको प्रशंसामा भने- ‘जिन्दगीमा भुल्नुहुन्न ।’ २० वर्ष भयो उनले त्यो गाउँ (‘वार्ड नं ६’) छाडेको । तर पर्यटकीय बस्तीको प्रबर्द्धन गर्न उनी दिल्लीमा पनि छाड्दैनन् । यो होमबहादुर थापामगरको कथा हो जो थुप्रै गरबि नेपाली र आप्रवासी कामदारहरूको जस्तो संघर्षले भरिएको छ…
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A Tale of Two Cities: Kathmandu and Delhi
In Kathmandu, things are a bit chaotic for its size. By Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal So how’s Delhi?” many of my friends asked me when I was in Kathmandu recently. I had stayed away from Kathmandu and lived in Delhi for a year. The question expected two different answers: Some wanted to know about…
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A Tale of Two Drivers: Delhi Autowallah and Shillong Cabbie
Some people complain while others struggle to make their lives a success. By Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal In the hilly north-eastern Indian town of Shillong, music is your identity. More so in the case of a cabbie. What the audio cassette player in your taxi blares says who you are. When I heard Sanjeev…
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भारतमा भाषाको खेल
हिन्दी भारतमै पनि सबैले बुझ्ने, बोल्ने र स्वीकारेको भाषा होइन । एक अर्ब बढी जनसंख्याको आधाभन्दा कम (४४ करोड) ले मात्र हिन्दी बोल्छन् । ठुलो पार्न तस्बिरमा क्लिक गरे हुन्छ दिनेश वाग्ले वाग्ले स्ट्रिट जर्नल मङ्सिर १२- धार्मिक, भाषिक र भौगोलिक रूपमा विभाजित भारतलाई ब्याट र बल एक तुल्याउने ठान्दै कतिपयले भन्छन्- क्रिकेट हाम्रो धर्म…
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World Toilet Day: Delhi Public Urinals
Today is the World Toilet Day and, I am not making this up but what a coincidence, I need to go to toilet immediately. [After 5 minutes.] But it’s easy in Delhi, compared to Kathmandu, to attend nature’s call. Public conveniences, particularly for urination, are everywhere in the city (again, compared to Kathmandu from where…
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Delhi Mouse on the Birthday of Mickey Mouse
Today the world is celebrating the birthday of Mickey Mouse but in this post I am talking about the real (compared to the MM that is) rats of Delhi that are born and live in the strict human supervision. I was in the west Delhi yesterday in my first visit to that part of the…
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Protests: Delhi vs Kathmandu
They have bandas in India too, but they don’t trash the city to make their point By Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal This article first appeared in today’s Kathmandu Post. Here’s the PDF version of the page. The state government of Delhi recently hiked public bus fares in an astonishing manner. The Delhi Metro rail,…
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Parking Fee at Pragati Maidan…
…has been increased to Rs. 100 from Rs. 10 overnight! How much is the car parking fee at Pragati Maidan metro station? Rs. 100 for six hours. It was Rs. 10 for 24 hours until yesterday! I was astonished when learned about 10-fold hike this evening. I wasn’t insane to pay the amount to park…
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