Dinesh Wagle on Nepali Society

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  • Biratnagar to Pathlaya

    Thursday: Kumar was restless. Charlie wouldn’t move from the room before filing a report about latest development in Kathmandu to his London office. He was busy with his PDA and cell phone that was still working as he was out of Kathmandu. Mine was working too. All mobile phones in Kathmandu Valley were cut off…

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  • Lingering Around Itahari

    Wednesday: We waited for something the whole day of Wednesday. We also talked to couple of people on the streets of Itahari. Later in the evening I met a journalist friend from Dharan with whom I was in contact for the last several months. By the way, folks couldn’t stop themselves expressing amazement of how…

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  • The East Nepal Tour: Flying to Itahari

    Tuesday: A call from Charles Haviland, the BBC reporter in Kathmandu, changed my day, and the weekend. The call from Haviland meant I was going to eastern Nepal with him as a translator for his possible radio/television programs. In a few hours time (well, after waiting for about three hours at the airport) I was…

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  • Sister Nirmala in Kathmandu

    I was somewhere in Dakshinkaali. Then a call came from by editor. I was needed within an hour in a program that was going to be organized by Kathmandu’s Missionaries of Charity to welcome their Calcuta-based head Sister Nirmala. I was keenly following her Nepal entrance for the last few days. She had entered Nepal…

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  • Two Meetings & a Jacket

    Two persons took most of my time yesterday and I didn’t work at all. So, I can safely say Tuesday, Jan 10 was the day of talking for me. When I say two persons took my time, I don’t mean those meetings were forceful. I also don’t mean I didn’t enjoy those meetings. In fact,…

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  • Two Meetings & a Jacket

    Two persons took most of my time yesterday and I didn’t work at all. So, I can safely say Tuesday, Jan 10 was the day of talking for me. When I say two persons took my time, I don’t mean those meetings were forceful. I also don’t mean I didn’t enjoy those meetings. In fact,…

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  • The Problem With My Teeth

    I saw stars and the whole of a black hole. The formers were bright and the later, as the name suggests, was black. How did I saw those things? Well, the credit goes to Ajay Shah, a dentist in Kantipur Hospital at New Baneshwor. He gave me the tour of the outer world this evening…

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  • Podcasting and Broadcasting

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    It was a day of interviews for me. Interviews for new and old media. First the podcasting. [For those who are not familiar with the term: New Oxford American Dictionary defines the word as “a digital recording of a radio broadcast or similar program, made available on the Internet for downloading to a personal audio…

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  • The Day of Banda

    I arrived at office early in the morning, at about 8:15.yesterday. Why? An office vehicle would go to drop a Kantipur employee near by home in Kadaghari, Gothataar. I desperately wanted to avoid walking for about an hour to reach office because I wasn’t feeling well. I mean I was recovering from Pilo. So, I…

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  • Nagarkot Massacre Victims

    Ah..feeling so tired. Today was a tough day. Yesterday was similar. As I was recovering from the pilo, events dragged me in full swing. To live in Nepal these days means you will experience all the fascinating developments personally. From very near. Live in real life. The Nagarkot Massacre case as a shocking surprise as…

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