Dinesh Wagle on Nepali Society

Dinesh Wagle on Nepali society

Author: DW

  • The #NepalEarthquake Day

    Like everyone else, I knew it was coming. But I didn’t know when. I had no idea about its magnitude. It’s devastating impact. That’s because, like a generation before me,…


  • माघ १९ (१ फेब्रुअरी २००५)

    [Remembering the day 10 years ago when king Gyanendra staged a bloodless coup. Newspapers reacted very strangely. Follow the link at the end.] तत्कालीन राजा ज्ञानेन्द्रले कू गरेको १० वर्ष…


  • e-cafe

    Nice to see some Bakery Cafe New Baneshwor waiters (hearing impaired) taking orders in their Galaxy tabs with customized menu software. Orders entered in the tablets at the tables instantly…


  • चन्दनपुर गाउँ [Chandanpur Village]

    मैले अाफू घुम्न अाएको भन्दा सुन्नेले पत्याउन सजिलो थिएन । त्यो अनकन्टार गाउँमा काम नपरी वा कतैबाट सरूवामा नपरी किन पुग्ने । कुरा ठिकै हो । धेरै ठाउँमा त्यसरी नपत्याइएको…


  • विदेशिन आटेको केटो

    Originally posted on ब्लगमान्डू: दिनेश वाग्ले वाग्ले स्ट्रिट जर्नल यो लेख आजको कान्तिपुर कोसेलीमा प्रकाशित भएको हो । ‘दुबई जाने चक्करमा छु हो सर,’ केही क्षण अघिसम्म उल्लासमय लवजमा गफिएको…


  • मोटरसाईकल डायरी

    Originally posted on ब्लगमान्डू: दिनेश वाग्ले वाग्ले स्ट्रिट जर्नल यो लेख पहिलोपल्ट आजको कान्तिपुर कोसेलीमा प्रकाशित भएको हो। हिलाम्मे र चिप्लो कच्चि बाटोमा दर्किदो पानीको चुटाई खादै ओर्लिएका हामी दिन…


  • Bhatte Danda

    The idea was to revisit the areas of Lalitpur where I had gone in 2011 in a fun trip (which, in those days, would almost always come out as “work” trip…


  • Tea Lady of Basantapur, Kathmandu

    15 December 2015: Marking the ‪#‎InternationalTeaDay‬ by highlighting the entries on cuppa on the home page: https://t.co/gtYtR7OKUA [A day after the earthquake… this spot was under rubble.] Past entries on…


  • Views from the top


  • Old Men of Bhaktapur

    I saw a group of elderly men relaxing at a sattal in Bhaktapur in a recent afternoon. They were soft-spoken folks who chatted with each other in Newari/Nepal Bhasha. Some smiled…