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A Reporter in a Marriage Ceremony
Falgun 7 [19 Feb] was a day that I will not forget. I didn’t get the Kantipur excellence award that Kantipur Publications, where I work as a reporter for Kantipur daily, gives to best the reporters/staffs of the year in different categories on the anniversary day. I wasn’t in the first part of the ceremony,…
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Kathmandu Bus Ride: [Mis] adventure!?
Traveling in Kathmandu isn’t always easy. Actually it’s never easy especially in public vehicles. It’s different case if you own a bike or, perhaps, a car. Even if you have a bike, you will become a musso (mouse) when it rains. If you have a car, you will soon become a bankrupt buying fuel that…
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Kathmandu Load Shedding: Life in Darkness
It’s 1:21 AM and I just woke up. I came home at 10:30 PM last night. There was no light in the house. There was no light in the village. The whole area was under darkness. Living in darkness has become part of life in Kathmandu and other parts of Nepal. But then I think…
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New Baneshwor Street and Girls
A journalist friend of mine (who works for a different newspaper) yesterday invited me for a Nepali movie screening for this afternoon. That wasn’t strange given the trend in Nepal that reporters covering movies in Kathmandu routinely work on behalf of film makers. They also help filmwallas with managing the press show and publicity. I…
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Nepali Music: Vibrant and Growing
From the shooting spot of a music video for a folk song Pic by Suraj Kunwar One sector that flourished in Nepal even when the country was going through the political turmoil in the last decade was without doubt the Music. No matter what, we sang and listened to one new song after another that…
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British (And Other Foreign) Film Festival in Kathmandu
Kathmandu sees many foreign language film festivals, not just Bollywood and Hollywood flicks. One after another, it’s now time for British Film Festival in Kathmandu. The sixth edition of the yearly event was inaugurated by the British Ambassador Andrew Hall yesterday evening in Gopi Krishna Cinema Hall. Over the past several years, we have seen…
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Hurray! Laptops Go Wireless in Nepal
Theme of the blog: Now you can be online from anywhere in Kathmandu and 52 other districts of Nepal, thanks to the PCMCI card distributed by Nepal Telecom from yesterday The season has started in Kathmandu (and other parts of Nepal) for laptops to go wireless. As I am typing these lines, I am elated…
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Nepanglish: Teaching English in Nepal
Chris Sowton of Global Action Nepal trains Nepali teachers to teach English to students. Many scholars, pundits, essayists including poet Laxmi Prasdad Devkota (essay “Hi Hi Angergi”) have highlighted the importance of English language and its rising influence in Nepali society. No English, no future, parents tell their kids. With a strong desire to produce…
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Watching a Nepali Movie: An Experience
And the experience was horrible. Actress Arunima Lamsal in a premiere show of her sixth movie Abhimanyu in a Kathmandu theater on Friday, 5 Jan. Pics by Bikas Rauniar Two days ago, I watched a Nepali movie called Abhimanyu (name of a character in ancient epic Mahabharat who falls into a spiral and is killed…
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Elephants of Nepal: Available in All Sizes and Shapes
Wagle Street Journal Photo and Video Blog Images and video from International Elephant Race in Chitwan, Nepal. Pick up your favorite. Elephants of all sizes were on display just before the International Elephant Race kicked off in Sauraha, Chitwan (Nepal). Protected by his mom, a Chhawa (phuchhe elephant) enjoys the sun and human crowd. Small…
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