Dinesh Wagle on Nepali Society

Dinesh Wagle on Nepali society

Category: Wagle Street Journal

  • Kids of Dadeldhura on the Dashain Tika Day

    I was in Dadeldhura on the day of Tika this Dashain. The small bazaar on the hill was closed as people were busy celebrating the festival. I had to spend…


  • The Mahakali Bridge on Nepal-India Border

    Chandani & Dodhara villages: These two villages of Mahakali pari (beyond Mahakali) were connected to the mainland Nepal only in 2005 when the government built a 1452.96 meters long suspension…


  • Dadeldhura: after 12 years

    This Dadeldhura looks more beautiful than the one I had seen in my first visit mote than a decade ago. The sight of dense jungle just below Tuphan Danda together…


  • An Overnight Bus Journey to Mahendranagar from New Delhi

      This is clearly one of the most uncomfortable bus journeys that I have undertaken in recent times. I have to spread my legs to form a huge V so…


  • Around the World on a Bicycle: Spreading Message or Loafing Around?

    The ‘world cyclist’ finally arrived in Delhi last week. He had been traveling in India for the past several months. He had added me on Facebook a couple of months…


  • The Highway Kids #Nepal

    It was one of those exploration trips around Kathmandu valley that Suraj Kunwar and I took in late 2008. Tired of our newsroom routine, we had decided to escape out…


  • The Krishna Dharabasi Autograph

    So as we were chatting with Sharada Sharma I saw someone who almost looked like Krishna Dharabasi, the acclaimed writer of, among others, the novel Radha that I had bought…


  • Narahari Acharya’s Thanks Giving Meeting

    Narahari Acharya, while giving me the Nepali Congress manifesto and his book about national restructuring, tries to show me something from the manifesto that was related to our conversation. Pics…


  • The Sandals…that is…Chappal

    Update: Summer sandals, flip flop: Click on the link for the article that I wrote for Saturday’s (3 May) Kantipur. No offense please, it’s brand new: DW with brand new…


  • Election Day Story: Pillion Riding in Kathmandu

    For the record, the Election Day Story: Thanks to the bikers, it was a relatively easy day for me. The Carters face us in a polling station in Pulchowk. How…