Dinesh Wagle on Nepali Society

Dinesh Wagle on Nepali society

Category: Wagle Observation

  • a trip to ramechhap and dolakha [off-roading, paddling and hiking]

    Last year February had begun with a trip to the hills of Ramechhap and an encounter with the water of Sunkoshi.


  • Nepal Votes. And I Also Voted. Again.

    As you can see from the excerpt of an old entry below I was super excited about voting and about the election process back in 2008. It was because I…


  • The Earthquake that Rocked Us [भैंचालो जसले हामीलाई हल्लायो]

    [This is a bilingual post. यो पोस्ट दुइ भाषामा छ। Read a news report on the earthquake here] The alarming (or positive, depending on your perspective) aspect is that the…


  • The Spillover Effect: from Bihar to Nepal [and the Maoists]

    By Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal We are waiting for the spillover effect to take hold. China is growing phenomenally. India is following China so very closely. We are tightly…


  • Extreme Nepal: Lukla Airport

    Last week Suraj Kunwar forwarded to me a link to a video that documents thrills of flying in and out of Lukla airport of Nepal. The film, made by History…


  • IPL is not India-Pakistan League

    Pakistanis should know that the I in IPL stands for Indian, not International. And the P definitely doesn’t stand for Pakistan. IPL is not the India-Pakistan League. It’s purely an…


  • Nepal Banda and Power Cut

    By Dinesh Wagle This is part of an article that appeared on today’s Op-Ed of the Kahtmandu Post. The other part is here. The complete article in PDF is here.…


  • Rajdhani Express 4

    Time to sleep again, perhaps last nap before reaching Delhi. I was reading the Grisham book after dinner but the woman in the berth below switched off the light. So…


  • Rajdhani Express 3

    While the train was moving with its own speed, afu chai pura sutiyechha ni hoo [I was having a sound sleep. Was in Darjeeling until yesterday, thus the ascent!] In…


  • Rajdhani Express 2

    Ok, this guy from Darjeeling who slept on the berth just beneath me last night thinks these two girls must be from Shillong. [Later, at the near end of the…