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Winter Flagbearers: Delhi Cold and JNU Food Festival
JNU holds its multi-national food festival in the midst of a Delhi winter that is not very cold Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal [This article originally appeared on the Op-Ed page of the Kathmandu Post today. See it here as it appeared on the paper.] The hottest news in Delhi is the absence of cold.…
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Hail the Republic: How Indians Wrote the Constitution
Republic Day is both a day of celebration and introspection for India Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal [This article originally appeared on the Op-Ed page of the Kathmandu Post today. See it here as it appeared on the paper.] On the 26th day of every January a grand ceremony is held on Rajpath (formerly King’s…
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IT and Beauty in India: The Traumas
India’s success at producing IT and international beauties hides dark realities that have recently been revealed Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal [This article originally appeared on the Op-Ed page of the Kathmandu Post today. See it here as it appeared on the paper.] Ene Adobunu, the Nigerian Girl in India [To read a related story…
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Burning Effigies [in the Name of Lord Shiva]
Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal [This article originally appeared on the Op-Ed page of the Kathmandu Post today. See it here as it appeared on the paper.] Indian Hindu Rightwing Fundamentalists Demonstrate In Agra, India Against Nepal Government Decision To Apointment Nepali Priest in Pashupatinath Temmple The other day I came across a Reuters video…
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Amazing Book Bazaar of Darya Ganj, Delhi
Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal [This article originally appeared on the Op-Ed page of the Kathmandu Post today. See it here as it appeared on the paper.] “On a Sunday…if you keep pushing through the crowd that is always there [in Old Delhi], go past the men cleaning other men’s ears by poking rusty metal…
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दरियागन्जको किताबी हाट
दिनेश वाग्ले वाग्ले स्ट्रिट जर्नल यो लेख पहिलो पटक आजको कान्तिपुर दैनिकमा प्रकाशित भएको हो । पत्रिकाकै पन्नामा हेर्ने भए यहाँ छ । अग्रेजी सस्करण यहाँ छ । ‘हरेक आइतबार (पुरानो दिल्लीमा) सधैं हुने भीड छिचोल्दै, खिया लागेको सानो फलामे डन्डी घुसारेर अर्को मान्छेको कान सफा गरिरहेका मान्छेहरू हुँदै, नुनिलो पानीले भरिएको हरियो बोतलहरूमा थुनिएका…
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Symbol of Progress [Metro Rail of New Delhi]
Dinesh Wagle Walge Street Journal [This article originally appeared on today’s Kathmandu Post. Nepali version appeared in today’s Kantipur. Click here to read as it appeared on the page of Kathmandu Post and click here to see as it appeared on Kantipur page.] Inside the Metro rail of New Delhi. Pic by DW Two reasons…
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दिल्लीको मेट्रोमा सरर
दिनेश वाग्ले वाग्ले स्ट्रिट जर्नल यो लेख पहिलो पटक आजको कान्तिपुर दैनिकमा प्रकाशित भएको हो । पत्रिकाकै पन्नामा हेर्ने भए यहाँ छ । अग्रेजी सस्करण यहाँ छ । यसै महिनाको सुरुतिर मैले नयाँदिल्लीको मेट्रो रेल चढ्नु पछाडि दुई कारण थिए । पहिलो, द्वारकाबाट सेन्ट्रल सेक्रेटेरियट पुग्न सबैभन्दा सजिलो यातायात माध्यम त्यही थियो । मेट्रोको अन्तिम…
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India’s “White Tiger”
Many Indians, it appears, find it very difficult to accept that their country is still part of the third world Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal [This article originally appeared on the Op-Ed page of the Kathmandu Post today. See it here as it appeared on the paper.] In an interview with last week’s Tehelka magazine,…
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अडिगाको अँध्यारो भारत
दिनेश वाग्ले वाग्ले स्ट्रिट जर्नल अग्रणी भारतीय समाजशास्त्री एन्ड्रे बेटेलीले गत साताको ‘तहल्का’ म्यागेजिनसँगको अन्तर्वार्तामा हालैको मुम्बई आतंकवादी हमला परेको एउटा होटलको नाम लिँदै भनेका छन्, ‘ताजमहल होटल पक्कै एक प्रतीक हो तर कसको ?’ धनाढ्यहरूको । गत साताकै ‘आउटलुक’ म्यागेजिनको ‘चिठी’ स् तम्भमा दिल्लीका पाठक एन कुन्जुले त्यसलाई यसरी प्रस्ट्याएका छन् । ‘बम्बे आक्रमण’boutको यो…
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