Dinesh Wagle on Nepali Society

Dinesh Wagle on Nepali society

Category: Wagle Street Journal

  • On Weather Again

    London: today Last two entries have given the impression that the city is so very cold, that I am freezing here in London and that I am about to die…


  • Pasta and daal, for free, in the name of Lord Krishna

    Just as I was about enter through the main gate, someone waved at me and extended a warm invitation. “Come, eat,” he said. “It’s a very cold day today. You…


  • A tour of the BBC building

    Better late than never. Continued from my Feb/March London/UK trip. I visited the newly refurbished BBC building to see newsrooms and recording studios. Liked the design and overall feel of…


  • A Chance Encounter in London and Some Brave Bald Heads

    I was walking aimlessly on Whitehall (road that separates blocks of important British government offices) heading towards Northumberland Avenue. I spotted a young man who was standing on the pavement…


  • a plane full of migrant workers and other travelers

    The plane that just brought me here in Doha from Kathmandu was, as one would normally expect, full of Nepali migrant workers headed to various destinations in the Gulf. One…


  • Crossing a river on a packraft

    Today I crossed a river. Twice. On a packraft. By myself of course. It was fun. A bit scary. But it was all okay. Crossing back was challenging. But I…


  • Dubai and Yam [केटो जो विदेशियो]

    ‘दुबई जाने चक्करमा छु हो सर,’ केही क्षण अघिसम्म उल्लासमय लवजमा गफिएको यामले अलि निराश स्वरमा अचानक त्यसो भन्दा मलाई कताकता चसक्क गरेजस्तो भएको थियो। ‘यो देशमा टिक्न नसकिने भइयो,’…


  • MLTR ‘Learn to Rock’ in Kathmandu

    https://twitter.com/#!/wagle/status/137863693705822209 {more tweets inside] Nepali band Kutumba, popular for their instrumental music, warm up the audience before the visiting Danish band MLTR show to the Himalayan audience how they have…


  • @ Rolpa [Libang] photos and journal from my October trip #Nepal

    Unlike many other Nepali districts Rolpa has a distinct image of its own. Unfortunately that ‘distinctiveness’ is not necessarily positive and/or based on positive vibe. Think about Iraq and Afghanistan…


  • Rukum to Dang

    Here are some photos from my bus ride on what people are forced to call a ‘highway’ that connects Rukum with Dang. In between these districts is Salyan. The road…