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No Sin Was Committed While Taking This Photo #Guhyeshwari
I got very angry when I saw this notice pasted on the walls of Guhyeshwari temple complex today afternoon. My blood is still boiling- six hours after I first saw this. I felt like giving a tight slap- saale ko galai ma- on the cheek of this guy who ordered for this to be pasted…
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Khojuwa: kathmandu searching dog
As seen on the wall of a restaurant- Picasso- in Patan. The full name goes like this: Picasso- Artist de la Cusine. Albatross the band will start playing live music momentarily. They have set up their instruments outside. U’ll have to buy a prepaid Rs. 500 coupon at the entrance gate to enter a spacious…
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People of Achham, Far West Nepal, celebrating Holi in Kathmandu
Saw them singing hori songs and dancing in a circle at a private college in Kathmandu today. They don’t use Lola and want to tell the rest of Kathmanduits that holi could be celebrated without lolas! Posted from WordPress for Android
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Khabardar! 74 Days to Draft Constitution in Nepal
This one is for the members of the Constituent Assembly. A board has been put up at the gate of the Constituent Assembly complex in New Baneswar, Kathmandu to remind the CA members the deadline. Posted from WordPress for Android
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A Cigarette (Beedi) Smoking Woman of Far West Nepal
I was traveling to Baitadi from Dadeldhura on the day after Dashain Tika last year. Traffic was thin on the road that spiraled through the rugged hills of, among others, Ghanaghashya. The Taranath Sharma essay “Ghanaghasya ko ukalo katda (घनघस्याको उकालो काट्दा)’ that I had read in school (10th grade) occupied my mind space as…
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Meaning Behind The Mask
By Dinesh Wagle I lost my confidence in my nasal hairs last month. I wonder how my former science teacher would react to this news. Buddha Pramod Rai had full faith in his nasal hairs. While teaching science at Adarsha Janapremi High School in Bhaktapur in the 90s he used speak confidently about their capabilities.…
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22 Hours in a Village near Kathmandu #Himalayas #Nepal
Saturday and Sunday (March 5th and 6th). Location: Balthali, Kavre.
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Bryan Adams in Kathmandu: What Does That Mean to Nepal
By Dinesh Wagle Pic by Narendra Shrestha [This article first appeared on Sunday’s (feb 20) Kathmandu Post. Bryan Adams performed in Kathmandu’s Dasharath Stadium on Saturday.] Were things better here, Bryan Adams’ arrival wouldn’t be such a big deal. Over the past two decades or so Nepali society has opened up to the outside world—especially…
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Reasons to Come Home
By Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal I came back to Kathmandu last week after completing my two year tenure in Delhi. “Welcome back to darkness,” some of my friends said. Load shedding is not a new phenomenon in Kathmandu. But the continued and unacceptably long hours of power cuts have fueled further frustration. Not to…
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