Dinesh Wagle on Nepali Society

Dinesh Wagle on Nepali society

Category: Wagle Street Journal

  • From the Constituent Assembly town (two pics)

    New Baneshwar, the Constitution Assembly town in Kathmandu, looks like a battle zone. Riot police have overtaken the public spaces where on a normal day one would see people chatting…


  • A trip to rural Lalitpur (outside Kathmandu Valley)

    Bus ride: definitely not a joy ride. Challenges of driving on a single lane ‘highway’. I had gone to some rural villages of Lalitpur last week to see and experience…


  • यस्तै छ साथी हाम्रो हाल

    More photos and videos from the journey: A trip to rural Lalitpur (outside Kathmandu Valley) दिनेश वाग्ले /कृष्ण ज्ञवाली यो लेख आजको कान्तिपुरमा पहिलोपटक प्रकाशित भएको हो । पत्रिकाकै पन्नामा हेर्नेभए: एक…


  • एप्पल vs गुगल [एउटा छलफल]

    आखिर एप्पलले गुगललाई पछारेरै छाड्यो । ठुला कम्पनीहरुको विश्वव्यापी ख्याती (ब्रान्डको पहिचान) मापन गर्ने एउटा संस्था मिलवार्ड ब्राउनले यसै साता सार्वजनिक गरेको एक सर्वे अनुसार इन्टरनेट सर्च इन्जिन गुगललाई पछार्दै…


  • Pre-monsoon downpour & hailstorm in Gwarko area of Kathmandu

    https://twitter.com/#!/wagle/status/68201043422494720 P.S.: I am a Janti today, attending friends’ wedding. The sudden downpour briefly stopped the Janti procession- to those who were on bikes. The rain was so heavy that…


  • A piece of bus literature

    Many of us may have seen those often funny and rhythmic lines written on the back of trucks. Articles have been written about them. But I hadn’t seen (or don’t…


  • Our Poverty [and dry food to Japan]

    Have a look at the following tweet by Steve Herman, a journalist for VOA, based in  Seoul, Korea. https://twitter.com/#!/W7VOA/status/50426467309465600 Very interesting and true, isn’t it? Japan’s Kyodo News agency reports…


  • A car with two license plates. Spotted in Kathmandu

    All the way from Jharkhand (JH), India to Kathmandu…with two identities…perhaps suitable for a society that is being engulfed by the rise of identity based politics. Spotted in downtown Kathmandu…


  • 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,…


  • Connected in Kathmandu: Complaints and Compliments

    By Dinesh Wagle Soon after Tihar celebrations were over in Kathmandu last week I was in Thamel with a colleague who was leaving the newspaper for good. As he took…