Dinesh Wagle on Nepali Society

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  • On Ghorepani. Wireless Internet A Dream?

    Finally, I am in Ghorepani (or Ghodepani), the place that stayed in my mind after I read the description in an article published in San Francisco Chronicle. It is evening and the cloud has ruined my view of Himals (snowy mountains) including the great Annapurna and Dhaulagiri range. We three- Martha, Stuart and myself- played…

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  • Annapurna Trekking: From Ulleri to Ghorepani (Day 2)

    Where are you, tower? I want to see the Dhawalagiri Annapurna range. On way to Poon Hill!! The trek on Day Two started from Ulleri and oh…boy what a trail it was. [I will be briefly mentioning the Day One at the end of this post for there was nothing much exciting in the trail.]…

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  • Ready to Rock: In the Hills of Annapurna

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    Yes, I am leaving Pokhara tomorrow morning for a week long Annapurna Trek. Two American girls, students of photography, will be traveling with me. So I will not be alone. I have never gone to that part of the country before but I am excited. I am hoping to go to Ghorepani, Ghandruk and Landruk.…

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  • In Fulbari, For Three Nights

    in Lake Side, Pokhara I am taking a long breath! After three days of intensive seminar on conflict journalism, constituent assembly, restructuring of the state of Nepal, I am now out from Pokhara’s Fulbari Hotel. (Man, the hotel, that I always wanted to see, is great. I mean the building, the infrastructure, the compound, the…

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  • Maoists’ Nepal Banda: Day 1 of 7

    Nepal Banda, the general strike, called by Maoist rebels to make King Gyanendra’s artless election drama, has made general Nepalis’ life very difficult. The Banda has, as expected, affected the lives of general public. BUT inside Kathmandu, there were quite a few vehicles running here and there with passengers packed inside. Some of those passengers…

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  • UWB Gone Astray

    Someone other than UWB founders has taken over the Control Panel authority of United We Blog! We request the person to backtrack from the action. Sorry for the inconvenience, if any, caused the visitors of UWB.

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  • In Front of NHK Camera

    Last couple of days were quite interesting and engaging. And a first-time experience of working in front of a TV camera. A crew of Japan’s NHK Television was following me as I blogged and reported for United We Blog and Kantipur respectively for one of their programs. They wanted to tell the Nepal story to…

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  • Mobile Phone and Kathak Dance

    Sunday/Monday: As usual but quite busy. I don’t know how fast time is passing and I haven’t been able to do any significant work. Time is like bullet, travels fast. By the way, I haven’t been able to go for tea with Deepak Adhikari, my colleague at Nepal Magazine, in a nearby teashop. So no…

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  • Day of Protest and Duty of Journalist

    Saturday: One of the busiest Saturdays. I was running here and there covering the protest rally in Basantapur and when I returned office I was a bit tired. An assignment was waiting for me. I had to write a long piece on monarchy in Japan: possible succession by the female member of the Imperial family…

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  • From Bharatpur to Kathmandu: Curfew

    Friday in Bharatpur: Okay, we arrived at Bharatpur and as per the kind suggestion of our driver we went to a Buddha Air sales office to inquire about the flights to Kathmandu. To our surprise, staffs at the office were waiting for the arrival of the flight. One of them even said that two tickets…

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