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Two Years in Delhi, India
Two years ago today (Nov 6) I left Kathmandu for Delhi. It wasn’t planned but here I am, today, back in Kathmandu from Delhi. I am in a hurry now- have to go to play deusi– so I am not writing a detailed entry like I did last year about my life, time and observations…
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Kathmandu Valley
Sibling conflict and cooperation: These kids were carrying gallons of drinking water in the dokos from a tap some 400 meters below their home in a village in Makwanpur. The younger one (at the front) was crying when we saw them. His brother was trying to put him inside the basket instead of water gallons!…
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Nepal in Intl. Media: Annapurna Circuit and Kathmandu in New York Times and Time
The New York Times and Time magazine are working closely, so to speak, to cover Nepal in the past couple of weeks. First came Jim Yardley, former Beijing bureau chief of the Times now posted in New Delhi, with an analysis titled “China Intensifies Tug of War With India on Nepal.” That was in mid-February.…
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A Tale of Two Cities: Kathmandu and Delhi
In Kathmandu, things are a bit chaotic for its size. By Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal So how’s Delhi?” many of my friends asked me when I was in Kathmandu recently. I had stayed away from Kathmandu and lived in Delhi for a year. The question expected two different answers: Some wanted to know about…
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World Toilet Day: Delhi Public Urinals
Today is the World Toilet Day and, I am not making this up but what a coincidence, I need to go to toilet immediately. [After 5 minutes.] But it’s easy in Delhi, compared to Kathmandu, to attend nature’s call. Public conveniences, particularly for urination, are everywhere in the city (again, compared to Kathmandu from where…
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Protests: Delhi vs Kathmandu
They have bandas in India too, but they don’t trash the city to make their point By Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal This article first appeared in today’s Kathmandu Post. Here’s the PDF version of the page. The state government of Delhi recently hiked public bus fares in an astonishing manner. The Delhi Metro rail,…
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A Cup of Tea and Nizamuddin
06/06: A version of this entry is published in today’s TKP. Here is the PDF version. Nostalgia: One of the many things that I miss about my Kathmandu life in Delhi is the tea-shop environment. Having cups of tea and talking whole lot of things in between them was part of the life there, particularly…
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सपनाको बगैचामा
दिनेश वाग्ले वाग्ले स्ट्रिट जर्नल यो लेख आजको कान्तिपुर कोसेलीमा प्रकाशित भएको हो। चित्र: देवेन/कान्तिपुर बराक ओबामाको ‘चेन्ज’ (परिवर्तन) को नारालाई बूढा जोन मक्केनले समेत अठ्याउँदै अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपतीय चुनावमा रिपब्लिकन पार्टीको उम्मेदवारी स्विकारेको त्यो साता म दैनिकीमा हल्का बदलाव ल्याउन ८० रुपैयाँ तिरेर त्यो अग्लो पर्खालले घेरिएको शान्त र मनोरम बगैंचामा छिरेको थिएँ । राणा…
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Kumaris, the Living Goddesses, of Nepal (or Kathmandu Valley)
My latest in Koseli: छातामुनी पिसकोर. Previous: गुगल, गाई र रिक्सा …….. Though I have been hearing about the Kumari tradition of Nepal (all these cute girls who are considered living goddesses and are almost always clad in dark gajal and red outfits) I hadn’t seen them directly until recently. A few days ago a…
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समर स्यान्डल फ्लिप-फ्लप
दिनेश वाग्ले वाग्ले स्ट्रिट जर्नल यो लेख आजको कान्तिपुरमा प्रकाशित भएको हो । यसलाई पत्रिकाकै पन्नामा हेर्नेभए यहाँ क्लिक गरेहुन्छ । थप तस्बिरहरु फ्लिकरमा छन् ।. [यो लेख लेख्नु केही दिन अघि मैले चप्पल’bout डब्लुएसजेमा पोष्ट गरेको इन्ट्री यहाँ छ ।] सबै तस्बिर सुरज कुँवर यो गृष्मयाममा मानिसहरूजत्तिकै अरू कोही व्यस्त छन् भने ती हुन्,…
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