Dinesh Wagle on Nepali Society

Dinesh Wagle on Nepali society

Category: North India

  • Dry Fruit Sellers of Old Delhi

    19th March Satish took me to parts of Old Delhi where I hadn’t gone during my two-year stay in the city. We had gone to the area looking for the…


  • Migrant Workers: Nepali (Rolpali) Porters of Shimla

    भागी ती भागीका छोरा पिलेन घुइक्याउदा छन् अभागी गरिवका छोरा भारी चुइक्याउदा छन् मसुरी डाँडोमा भारतभरीका र संसारकै मान्छे पुग्छन् । तिनीहरु कुन देश या भारतीय राज्यका हुन् खुट्टयाउन हत्तपत्त…


  • And the Monkey Stole My Glasses in Shimla

    Shimla’s monkeys are agressive and audacious. They don’t seem to miss an opportunity to intimidate, attack and assault humans. A huge Hanuman statue standing atop the Jakhu hill (of whose base…


  • A Quick trip to Shimla

    Shimla is a town of Monkeys who behave like Monkeys. But I will keep this album free of monkeys. I present here the atmosphere of the town- crowds and buildings-…


  • At Rohtang Pass, Himanchal Pradesh, India

    Previous post: A trip to Manali, India. Not many options were available to us at the taxi stand. Manali is a small town, every taxi driver appeared to have known the…


  • A trip to Manali, India

    Next post: At the Rohtang Pass, Himachal Pradesh, India Pavan Nithin arrived at my apartment in the morning. Were I ‘up for this trip to Manali’ in the evening? He wanted…


  • Kolkata: Runner-pulled Rickshaws of India

    I can’t recall when I did I first see/ride a rickshaw but I still remember that day 11 years ago when I rammed a cycle-rickshaw unto a culvert in Bardia…


  • 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…


  • 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…


  • 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…