ट्याग photography
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Some images from Rukum
I saw that people in some villages of Rukum and Rolpa celebrated the Maghi festival like the way many in other parts of Nepal celebrate the Holi festival- by smearing their faces in colored powders. (See here how people of Thabang village celebrated.) A day after Maghi, after my return from Thabang, at Khabang Bagar…
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At the Base Camps of Annapurna and Machhapuchhre (Fish Tail)
I went to the base camps of two of the best-known mountains– the Annapurna South and the Machhapuchhre (also known as Mt Fish Tail)– for the first time last week (11-17 March). Here’s what I saw and felt. A Himalayan bowl: At the Annapurna Base Camp (4,130m, ABC) I felt like I was in a huge bowl.…
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a trip to ramechhap and dolakha [off-roading, paddling and hiking]
Last year February had begun with a trip to the hills of Ramechhap and an encounter with the water of Sunkoshi.
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Thabang: The village that didn’t vote; once hosted Maoist guerrillas
(यो लेखलाई नेपालीमा पढ्न यहाँ क्लिक गर्नुस्) On November 19, 2013 Nepal held national elections for the second Constituent Assembly. The country witnessed a record turnout. I was among the 9.4 million Nepalis who voted that day. But one entire village in remote mid-west Nepal abstained. Thabang boycotted the elections. One more reason to go…
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Chitlang women
Was browsing through the snapshots taken in 2013 by the phone. Here are four from April- women and children of Chitlang village and a house and a dog. (More pics in this original post)
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Taudaha diktat: hugging will cost you Rs. 1500, kissing 2000, fishing 15,000
Did you notice a recent tweet by veteran journalist Kishore Nepal? This post, particularly its timing, is inspired by his tweet. Yesterday he tweeted: “Suggestions to young lovers of Kathmandu. Taudah is not a good place for romance. Better to visit somewhere else to avoid do & don’t.” Suggestions to young lovers of #Kathmandu. Taudah…
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A campaign poster
A couple of weeks back I walked from Bhaktapur’s Changunarayan Temple to Nagarkot (4hrs). The walk continued next morning. Went to Sankhu via Lapsephedi (near Jaharsingh Pouwa, 6hrs). This is one of the several villages that are part of Kathmandu-2 constituency where I am registered to vote (I voted). Found a piece of campaign poster…
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It’s not just Intel that’s inside.
#Freak Street, Kathmandu. 14 Sept 2013.
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Dinesh Wagle on Nepali Society 