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  • Langar: The Gurudwara Community Lunch

    Wagle enjoying the delicious Langur, the community food served in the Gurudwara.Pic by Bikas Rauniar After the Carter press conference, I went to a Gurudwara (Sikh Temple) located near the Thapathali bridge with Bikas Rauniar. Shikhs were celebrating the birth anniversary Guru Nanak and Bikas wanted to take photos of the celebrations. Since I was…

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  • Architecture Blog: New York Times Building Vs Kantipur Tower!

    It’s 10:22 PM now and I spent most of my last three hours with the Nehru autobiography that I started reading yesterday. The winter has arrived in Kathmandu for I find it very difficult to wake up early in the morning. Like yesterday, I slept today till 12 AM and I have decided to wake…

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  • Clear View of Himalayas from Kathmandu

    First the GK: Kathmandu is the capital of the country that is known around the world as the Himalayan Peopledom! But not always we see the mesmerizing Himalayas from the valley of Kathmandu though the Himalayas serve as our geographical borders with China. Because of the poor atmosphere that surrounds the valley most of the…

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  • When You Meet Wine and Women of France Together

    Continued from previous blog: Chinese Wife of the French Ambassador Dinesh Wagle in the wine party organized hosted by the French ambassador in Kathmandu in his residence to taste the Beaujolais Nouveau Pic by Girish Giri I was wandering around looking for people to talk to. I see this celebrated TV personality and former editor…

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  • Again on Gmail: I am Loving It

    Notice: Want to hear the new Nepali national anthem? Please download it by clicking here. Read about the song here and here. ……….. It’s no secret that I am a great fan of Gmail. Whenever I am accessing the internet, I love it. And Gmail is doing their best to make users like me happy…

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  • Smoking A Cigar: Dinesh Wagle Experience

    Because of journalistic ethics, source-reporter relationship and embargo on a particular information, I am not writing more about other Shivaratri activities and talks for now. I plan to write more when Ozomatli band leaves Nepal. For now just a photo and (cigar) credit: Photo by: Wil-Dog Abers of Ozomatli (Bass, marimbula, background vocals) Cigar courtesy…

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  • Barack Obama and Weather (Here and There)

    I was expecting a warmer day in Kathmandu today but it is not. Woke up at midday and read newspapers. Nothing new. One news report that I was eagerly waiting to read but wasn’t expecting in today’s Kantipur and the Kathmandu Post was about the American senator Barack Obama’s announcement of his candidacy for the president…

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  • Time for Nepali Journalists to Improve Quality

    Two years after the royal takeover and censorship we have now democracy and it’s time for Nepali journalists to focus on improving the quality of their reporting. Scribes took out a rally yesterday to mark the black day (Magh 19) and demanded that the Rayamajhi Commission report be made public. Pic via ekantipur Just realized…

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  • New Baneshwor Street and Girls

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    A journalist friend of mine (who works for a different newspaper) yesterday invited me for a Nepali movie screening for this afternoon. That wasn’t strange given the trend in Nepal that reporters covering movies in Kathmandu routinely work on behalf of film makers. They also help filmwallas with managing the press show and publicity. I…

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  • Hi America, Hi Hillary

    So Hilary Clinton has decided to take part in the 2008 United States presidential race. What does that mean to us, the people in Nepal who are far away from the US? How far can you be from America if you are living in this world? If life were a meal, America would be the achar…

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