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India: Ten Years After
It was a sobering moment when I recently saw a plaque erected beside a wall at Delhi’s another well-known market in Sarojini Nagar. “Condolence to those who died in the bomb blast on 29 Sept 2005,” said the plaque. It listed the names/identities of 47 people. A total of 50 people died on that day.…
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The Hills of Gangtok, Sikkim
My Sikkim impression as published in Koseli: [PDF version] Young Buddhist monks smile while their friends try to bring down walnut from a tall tree near their Gumba, the most important and oldest in Gangtok, Sikkim. The word Sikkim evokes a very different sort of image and emotion in us, Nepalis, that is anything but…
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Wagah Border of India and Pakistan
The spectacle at the Wagah border crossing point between India and Pakistan is an opportunity for the nationals of the two countries to show their patriotism. Some do that by screaming slogans against each others while others, like an Indian girl above, by dancing in the tunes of Bollywood numbers. Here I present photos and…
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Dharmashala, India [Home of Dalai Lama]
I present here the photos taken in Dharmashala and tweets posted from the trip. #1. Back to backpacking. Feels like I am Home 🙂 3:08 AM Aug 29th from TwitterFon #2. This auto driver, with sunglasses n short hair n halka daari, is ‘babaal hero’ though he didn’t discount in the IRs 70 fare to…
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Face Value: Being a Nepali in India
What are Nepalis and Indians supposed to look like? Search me! By Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal This article first appeared in today’s Kathmandu Post. Here is the PDF page It’s also available in eKantipur, and the official webpage of the Post. I often carry my passport these days in Delhi whenever I go out.…
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Bombay! Second Edition
This post talks about events happened in July 11 (yesterday, the first of our two days in Bombay): Last time when I woke up inside a Goa-Bombay train compartment, I was in Victoria Terminus (CST), right in the heart/lung/or whatever of the city. That was in October last year. This time, on Saturday 11 July…
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Anjuna, Goa. [Second Day]
The following photos were taken in Kolva Beach, Goa, the Cafe Coffee Day near the beach and in Madgaon train station. @Madgaon Train Station, Goa The following post details the events happened on 10-11 July. 10 July: Second day in Goa. We woke up at 9 am and headed to the beach at 10. There…
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Goa, Again!
The First Day: The following post details the events happened on 9th July. It was written on the same day and posted on 11 July. July 9: So today, we arrived in Goa. I was here in last October. But not in the famous Anjuna beach where we are staying tonight. Instead of taking bus…
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Back Water Boating
Backwater boating video We three: Ishwari (front), Dinesh (middle) and Gokul Never heard that term until two weeks ago and today I feel this is one of the most memorable things I did until now. It was soooo much fun, to go around the canals after canals on a motor-engine run boat and observe the…
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Again in Kanyakumari :)
Okay, that’s Gokul trying to touch sky or something over the sea My last trip to Kanyakumari, Rameshworam, Goa. And the first Indian Rail journey and beach visit. I’ll put the rest of the photos of that trip-October 2008- soon and some of the snaps are strikingly similar. A video of DW blowing Shankha in…
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