वर्ग Wagle Observation
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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.
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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 believed, as I do now- sort of, those were the ‘historic’ elections for the CA. If same thing happens in exactly about five years, it…
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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 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Kathmandu and eastern Nepal this evening had its epicenter located 272 kilometers east of Kathmandu, as reported by the the…
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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 sandwiched between them. We are folding our hands and sitting back, hoping that one day the economic progress will spillover from both sides and submerge…
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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 Channel, rates Lukla number one in the list of the most extreme airports of the world. The film also contains video footage of 2008 Yeti…
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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 Indian Premier League of cricket. A tournament for the Indians, by the Indians and of the Indians. I am amazed by the responses of some…
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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. In my five-month-long stay in Delhi, I almost missed two things in particular about Kathmandu. 1. Why no bandas here? 2. Why no power cuts?…
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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 I decided to sleep. Bikash Ghalay is also sleeping. I don’t want to sleep. For now blogging via iPhone seems to be the better option.…
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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 a way, the rail completely screwed me up. I was supposed do something as soon as I reached my Delhi apartment. I was expecting to…
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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 travel, I learned that the girls are from Manipur.] The Ghale guy from Daejeeling. His name is Bikash Ghalay, I learned later. We started speaking…
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