Dinesh Wagle on Nepali Society

Dinesh Wagle on Nepali society

Category: New Delhi Life

  • Parking Fee at Pragati Maidan…

    …has been increased to Rs. 100 from Rs. 10 overnight! How much is the car parking fee at Pragati Maidan metro station? Rs. 100 for six hours. It was Rs.…


  • A Year in Delhi, India

    Fulfilling my year-long desire today I rode in a local train in Delhi. Yes, a year has passed. Today marks the first anniversary of my arrival in New Delhi. It…


  • Face Value: Being a Nepali in India

    What are Nepalis and Indians supposed to look like? Search me! By Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal This article first appeared in today’s Kathmandu Post. Here is the PDF page…


  • Inclusive Hindutva: BJP in India

    The Bharatiya Janata Party of India has realized that its hard-line brand of Hindutva politics doesn’t work anymore. And that’s a good news thanks to its defeat in the parliamentary…


  • From Delhi to Nepal (Kathmandu?) in a Bicycle

    The IIT graduate who set off on a bicycle tour to Nepal [Here is the TKP PDF Page. Here is Kantipur Koseli Nepali PDF page] By Dinesh Wagle On his…


  • A Lot Can Happen Over Coffee

    By Dinesh Wagle [Here is PDF version of the article] In New Delhi’s old commercial hub, discontent is brewing over cups of coffee. The caffeine has jumped out of the…


  • A Cup of Tea and Nizamuddin

    06/06: A version of this entry is published in today’s TKP. Here is the PDF version. Nostalgia: One of the many things that I miss about my Kathmandu life in…


  • Jantar Mantar Voices

    Democracy in Action: An example of ordinary citizens being able to voice their concerns By Dinesh Wagle Read the article as it appeared on today’s OP-ED page of the Kathmandu…


  • The Indian Democracy

    Just as our April 2008 poll verdict, this Indian election, it appears, was about stability and progress of India By Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal Here is the PDF version…


  • Iron Man: Conversation With a Press Wallah

    By Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal [This article first appeared in today’s Kathmandu Post. Here is PDF version. Shorter version in Nepali appeared in today’s Kantipur.] This is about this…