वर्ग Wagle Web Log

  • Elephants, Singers and Mahute

    This Mahute, an employee of Hattisar in Chitwan, shred his experience of riding elephants for forty years. His would carry kings of Nepal in the jungle on his elephants. 27 Dec: I wasn’t feeling well from morning. Pawan Neupane and I went to interview an old man who had ridden elephants of Chitwan National Park…

  • Internet Connection in Nepal and Web Sites Problem

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    Internet connection in Nepal is slow, expensive and limited. It is advanced and improved compared to how it was a few years ago. But, it seems, we are taking yet another leap in terms of increasing speed and reducing price! Nepal Telecom is at the last phase of striking deals with two Indian companies that,…

  • UWB Gone Astray

    Someone other than UWB founders has taken over the Control Panel authority of United We Blog! We request the person to backtrack from the action. Sorry for the inconvenience, if any, caused the visitors of UWB.

  • Podcasting and Broadcasting

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    It was a day of interviews for me. Interviews for new and old media. First the podcasting. [For those who are not familiar with the term: New Oxford American Dictionary defines the word as “a digital recording of a radio broadcast or similar program, made available on the Internet for downloading to a personal audio…

  • Those Busy Days

    I woke up at 1:30 PM today. I am surprised. Not because I raised from the bed so late but because I got so early. I had planned to sleep for straight 24 hours. I was that much tired because of the workload in the past two days. I am not complaining about the workload.…

  • Passport Story and the Sydney Radio

    Making rounds of the Foreign Ministry with fellow reporter Devendra Bhattarai on Tuesday was quite an experience. As a reporter covering diplomacy for Kantipur, Devendra knows every nook and cranny of the ministry that is housed in one of the famous Rana durbars- Shital Niwas. Man, the staff are terrified because of their leader, Minister…

  • Week Review: Animal Nepal & Judith Miller

    I am wondering how my week passed away. I didn’t actually realize it. Only two things I remember is that I worked a lot and I wasn’t feeling very well throughout the week. Did that sound contradictory? Okay, then that’s what is the truth. It’s an old tradition for me that I suffer from cold…

  • No Lukla For The Day

    Kathmandu: The dateline of this blog tells it all. I am still in the capital city of Nepal. I was supposed to be in Lukla, eastern region, today. But who can ignore the bad weather? Pilots? No. They too love their lives. Passengers too love their lives. I also wish to live a few years…

  • Kavis or Poets of Kantipur

    The word poet or kavi has become a not-to-be-so-proud-of kind of word in my office. Guys address each other with the title kavi or poet. Oh..kavi, the usual way of greeting goes like this, how are you today? And the kavi ji or Mr. Poet replies, Oh..kavi ji, why are you calling me kavi? Please,…

  • Welcoming Winter in Kathmandu

    Kathmandu is exceptionally clear today. Up in North, white and snowy mountains are shining as the sunlight hits upon their cool bodies. The view is clear. It’s beautiful. As I am typing these lines, Guna Raj Luitel is opening windows and praising the scenery that is awesome. Irony is that even though we are proud…