ट्याग dinesh wagle
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Busy Days, American Politics and Our Leaders
I have been extremely busy in the past two weeks. Blogging was the primary (or caucus? ha ha ha) casualty. I was completely into journalism, my primary profession. Reporting, writing, managing and editing. The assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto came as a shock and I found myself in our newsroom tracking the…
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Watching Sunrise from the Nagarkot Hilltop
I experienced the magic while watching the sun rising It was really challenging for me to wake up at 6:30 in the morning to observe the sunrise. I was determined. I set the alarm on my cell for 6 AM (Friday, December 21). The alarm inside me was also working and I was awake several…
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An Evening in Nagarkot: Drinking Soup
A sudden trip to the hilltop that is famous for the views of sunrise. So that is how my day started. I wasn’t prepared when my colleague at Kantipur Girish Giri asked me to join him on a motorcycle trip to Nagarkot in the afternoon while I was calmly browsing web and reading blogs. Plus,…
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An Early Morning Show of a Nepali Movie
The mother of the actress wanted her daughter to be a professor in real life. One thing that you can predict easily about a reporter’s daily routine is this: it’s unpredictable. You never know how a reporter’s day starts and ends. Forget about you, I am a reporter and I myself don’t know how my…
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Everyone Wants To “Volunteer” For UN
Anjila Mul, 22, and Sujita Amatya, 22, who got Bachelors in Science (Environmental Science) degree from Biswo Niketan College a few days ago, had gone to the “exhibition” hoping to get recruited as volunteer or explore opportunities in volunteering. “The focus is in the UN of course,” said Anjila, left, “because that’s world wide.” [Here…
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When You Don’t Have Anything To Do
Kya alchhi lageko hau! What to do when you don’t want to do anything but still want to do something? My friend Sudeep tells: sutne! [sleep] or go to movie. Those are nice ideas but what I did a few days ago was this: No, I am not telling this right now because if I…
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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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All About Nepali Press Conferences (Including Two by Jimmy Carter)
The Jimmy Carter press conferences (pic by Bikas Rauniar) were definitely better organized than many of the usual PCs in Nepal that are grossly mismanaged and both organizers and reporters are responsible for such mess. 24 Nov: It’s 10:30 PM and I just finished writing second of the two news items of the day (they…
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Kindle Thy Reading Passion!
The Kindle is a book reading/storing device whose screen uses the E Ink technology that makes the texts look like black ink on light gray paper. No backlight, no glare, no eyestrain, writes a NYT columnist. First I read about this in Newsweek and then in other web sites. I love this new device called…
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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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