Dinesh Wagle on Nepali Society

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    स्लमडग मिलिनायरको हविगतमा दिल्लीका झुपडबस् तीमा बस् ने नेपालीको कथा-व्यथा पनि कम्ती दुःखदायी छैन । ‘धेरै वर्स्ट छ,’ ‘खराब’ अर्थ दिने अंग्रेजी शब्द प्रयोग गर्दै हिन्दी लवजमा सुरज रानाले भने, ‘मैले सोचेको यो झुकी टुटोस, यहाँबाट फटाफट निस् कम । यहीँ खाने, यहीँ बस्ने, त कहिल्यै अगाडि बढ्दैन ।’ सोच्ने क्षमता विकास भएदेखि सुरजले मनमा त्यस्तो कुरा खेलाउन…

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  • A Life Ordinary: Story of a Nepali Chowkidar in Delhi

    By Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal [This article originally appeared on the Op-Ed page of the Kathmandu Post today. See it here as it appeared in the paper. Extended version of this story was published in Nepali in today’s Kantipur Koseli. See it here as it appeared in Koseli. Plus, here is my take on…

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  • Of Plastics and Facebook

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    The Post‘s Delhi correspondent is bemused by the controversy over plastics and discovers Facebook is ideal for keeping in touch with friends back home Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal [This article originally appeared on the Op-Ed page of the Kathmandu Post today. See it here as it appeared on the paper. Here is the Nepali…

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  • Winter Flagbearers: Delhi Cold and JNU Food Festival

    JNU holds its multi-national food festival in the midst of a Delhi winter that is not very cold Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal [This article originally appeared on the Op-Ed page of the Kathmandu Post today. See it here as it appeared on the paper.] The hottest news in Delhi is the absence of cold.…

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  • Hail the Republic: How Indians Wrote the Constitution

    Republic Day is both a day of celebration and introspection for India Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal [This article originally appeared on the Op-Ed page of the Kathmandu Post today. See it here as it appeared on the paper.] On the 26th day of every January a grand ceremony is held on Rajpath (formerly King’s…

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  • Burning Effigies [in the Name of Lord Shiva]

    Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal [This article originally appeared on the Op-Ed page of the Kathmandu Post today. See it here as it appeared on the paper.] Indian Hindu Rightwing Fundamentalists Demonstrate In Agra, India Against Nepal Government Decision To Apointment Nepali Priest in Pashupatinath Temmple The other day I came across a Reuters video…

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  • Amazing Book Bazaar of Darya Ganj, Delhi

    Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal [This article originally appeared on the Op-Ed page of the Kathmandu Post today. See it here as it appeared on the paper.] “On a Sunday…if you keep pushing through the crowd that is always there [in Old Delhi], go past the men cleaning other men’s ears by poking rusty metal…

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  • Symbol of Progress [Metro Rail of New Delhi]

    Dinesh Wagle Walge Street Journal [This article originally appeared on today’s Kathmandu Post. Nepali version appeared in today’s Kantipur. Click here to read as it appeared on the page of Kathmandu Post and click here to see as it appeared on Kantipur page.] Inside the Metro rail of New Delhi. Pic by DW Two reasons…

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  • India’s “White Tiger”

    Many Indians, it appears, find it very difficult to accept that their country is still part of the third world Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal [This article originally appeared on the Op-Ed page of the Kathmandu Post today. See it here as it appeared on the paper.] In an interview with last week’s Tehelka magazine,…

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  • B 19, Jangpura Extension [New Delhi-110014, India]

    The Kathmandu Post intro for the following story: Our New Delhi correspondent finds his bearings in a new city [Here is the PDF version of the Op-Ed page of the Post dated 10 December where this article appeared after it was first published in Kantipur.] I live in the third floor of the pink building…

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