Dinesh Wagle on Nepali Society

Dinesh Wagle on Nepali society

Category: Kathmandu Life

  • Taudaha diktat: hugging will cost you Rs. 1500, kissing 2000, fishing 15,000

    Did you notice a recent tweet by veteran journalist Kishore Nepal? This post, particularly its timing, is inspired by his tweet. Yesterday he tweeted: “Suggestions to young lovers of Kathmandu.…

  • A campaign poster

    A couple of weeks back I walked from Bhaktapur’s Changunarayan Temple to Nagarkot (4hrs). The walk continued next morning. Went to Sankhu via Lapsephedi (near Jaharsingh Pouwa, 6hrs). This is…

  • Kathmandu Road- Evening

  • It’s not just Intel that’s inside.

    #Freak Street, Kathmandu. 14 Sept 2013.

  • Bikers and a Chair

    Spotted this on Monday. Can anyone tell where this is?

  • Phulchowki hill

  • Kaal Bhairav of Kathmandu Darbar Square

    Recent entries are mostly about religious sites and temples. Didn’t plan this. Walking around in Kathmandu (the city and the Valley), generally speaking, means stumbling upon a lot of statues…

  • Changunarayan

    19 July- Can’t remember the last time I was here but it doesn’t look very different. The temple, built several centuries ago over a small hilltop in Bhaktapur district and…

  • Swoyambhu- an evening

    13 July–

  • Seto Gumba- the white monastery

    13 July- An impromptu trip to Seto Gumba, a Buddhist monastery that sits atop a hill behind Swyambhunath, on a Saturday. That’s the only day of the week Gumba opens its gates…

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