Dinesh Wagle on Nepali Society

Dinesh Wagle on Nepali society

Category: Society

  • Tihar Journal: Bhaitika and Yawning

    The Day of Bhaitika: “Dinesh wake up,” someone screamed at my door, knocking. “It’s already 10. The sait for tika is at 10:30.” Oh, why can’t the sait be sometime…


  • Politics of Music Video in Nepali Television

    After the South Asian Film Festival, there was the festival of South Asian Music Videos (from Nepal, India and Pakistan) in Kathmandu today. I didn’t attend the event but I…


  • Dare to Documentary: South Asian Film Festival

    With the slogan DARE TO DOCUMENTary, the South Asian extravaganza of non fiction films kicked off in Kathmandu today. Four dozen South Asian documentaries “for the people of South Asia,…


  • Harry Potter and Reading Culture in Nepal

    Thanks to the exposure that the Nepali society has gotten over the last decade and the new trend of marketing the books via glittering advertisement campaign, writers becoming celebrity is…


  • Nepali Music: Vibrant and Growing

    From the shooting spot of a music video for a folk song Pic by Suraj Kunwar One sector that flourished in Nepal even when the country was going through the…


  • British (And Other Foreign) Film Festival in Kathmandu

    Kathmandu sees many foreign language film festivals, not just Bollywood and Hollywood flicks. One after another, it’s now time for British Film Festival in Kathmandu. The sixth edition of the…


  • Hurray! Laptops Go Wireless in Nepal

    Theme of the blog: Now you can be online from anywhere in Kathmandu and 52 other districts of Nepal, thanks to the PCMCI card distributed by Nepal Telecom from yesterday…


  • Nepanglish: Teaching English in Nepal

    Chris Sowton of Global Action Nepal trains Nepali teachers to teach English to students. Many scholars, pundits, essayists including poet Laxmi Prasdad Devkota (essay “Hi Hi Angergi”) have highlighted the…


  • Watching a Nepali Movie: An Experience

    And the experience was horrible. Actress Arunima Lamsal in a premiere show of her sixth movie Abhimanyu in a Kathmandu theater on Friday, 5 Jan. Pics by Bikas Rauniar Two…


  • Elephants of Nepal: Available in All Sizes and Shapes

    Wagle Street Journal Photo and Video Blog Images and video from International Elephant Race in Chitwan, Nepal. Pick up your favorite. Elephants of all sizes were on display just before…