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India and Indians: Friends of Two Different Kinds
By Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal This article appeared in today’s Op-Ed of The Kathmandu Post. Here is PDF of the page Sometimes, I wonder why the official Nepal-India relationship doesn’t become as friendly and earthy as the down-to-earth friendship I enjoy with some Indians here in Delhi. Why doesn’t the bond between the two…
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Heat and Dust of Delhi
By Dinesh Wagle In a terrible afternoon last week, as I was walking on a parched street and struggling with the heat wave, I realized something. Heat in Delhi comes as a curfew. Very few people were on the street that would otherwise be packed in normal circumstances. The street, I observed, remained vacated for…
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A Life Ordinary: Story of a Nepali Chowkidar in Delhi
By 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 in the paper. Extended version of this story was published in Nepali in today’s Kantipur Koseli. See it here as it appeared in Koseli. Plus, here is my take on…
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Of Plastics and Facebook
The Post‘s Delhi correspondent is bemused by the controversy over plastics and discovers Facebook is ideal for keeping in touch with friends back home 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. Here is the Nepali…
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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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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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