Dinesh Wagle on Nepali Society

Dinesh Wagle on Nepali society

Category: Himalaya Trekking

Dinesh Wagle goes for trekking in some of the famed routes of Nepal.

  • Panche baaja पञ्चे बाजा

    A wedding ceremony? An auspicious occasion? Someone very important, a thulo manchhe, coming in the village? Play the panche baja (the five -musical- instruments). That’s still the case in many…


  • Horse breastfeeding

    तपाईँलाई इमेलमै पछिल्लो ब्लग, लेख र तस्बिर पठाउन पाउनु मेरोलागि खुशीको कुरा हुनेछ । बाकसमा आफ्नो इमेल ठेगाना हाल्नु होला । धन्यवाद 🙂


  • An ‘AirTruck’. Headed to China.

    One recent afternoon I spotted a few beautifully decorated trucks not very far from the China border north of Kathmandu. They were stuck there. Mudslides had blocked a long stretch…


  • At the Base Camps of Annapurna and Machhapuchhre (Fish Tail)

    I went to the base camps of two of the best-known mountains– the Annapurna South and the Machhapuchhre (also known as Mt Fish Tail)– for the first time last week…


  • 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…


  • Back in the Vally. Into the News Room.

    Final day (6 of 6) of the Hemalbu trek: Om, Nama Shivaya! Are words needed to describe this photo? 24 October: We knew it was our last day of trekking.…


  • …and Dish Cleaners

    The faces and expressions of the trailside Nepali kids. Part II [Here is part I] 22 October: Yes, he wanted to hide his face from my camera! Actually, he was…


  • The Kite Runners…

    The faces and expressions of the trailside Nepali kids. Part I [Here is part II] 22 October: We met a group of kids somewhere near Chisapani who were having fun…


  • Time For Kids To Go Back To School (After Dashain Holiday)

    23 October: A girl shyly smiles as I take her photo. She was going back to Kathmandu with her relative uncle along with other friends. We met them on our…


  • Tharepati Downward: Pleasant Walk [Helambu Trek Day 5 of 6]

    A girl with carries things in a doko. The things, she wouldn’t say what, were sent by her grandfather, a hotelier at the top of the hill, to her grandmother,…