Dinesh Wagle on Nepali Society

Dinesh Wagle on Nepali society

Tag: politics

  • आशा र ह्यारिएट

    आशा विक अक्टोबर १९८१ मा जन्मिइन्। ह्यारिएट हार्मन अक्टोबर १९८२ मा ब्रिटिश संसदमा चुनिइन्। हुर्किंदै गर्दा आशाले नेपाली समाजमा व्यापक विभेदको सामना गरिन्, र २०१० सम्ममा आइपुग्दा उनी महिला र…

  • Nepal Votes. And I Also Voted. Again.

    As you can see from the excerpt of an old entry below I was super excited about voting and about the election process back in 2008. It was because I…

  • झगडियाहरू!

    हामी सबै वाक्क र दिक्क भएका छौ नि हैन दलहरू र तिनका नेताहरूको निरन्तरको झगडाबाट । किन होला ? आजको पत्रिकामा मैले एउटा लेख यो वाक्यबाट टुङ्ग्याएको छु- नेपाली राजनीति…

  • Last day of Constituent Assembly […if not extended]

    As seen outside the Constituent Assembly complex in New Baneshwor, Kathmandu today. The CA’s term will expire today (midnight) if it is not extended. There are have been signs that…

  • Yet another Nepal banda. Bus burnt (no one killed).

    Kathmandu: A small group of criminals set a passenger bus on fire at the Manohara bridge early in the morning today (around 4:30 am). The bus was coming out from…

  • Khabardaar! 19 days to go… for the Constitution (that may not come by the deadline)

    One of the two western entrances of the Constituent Assembly building in New Baneshwar, Kathmandu. Political class has given strong signals that the constitution may not come by Jestha 14,…

  • [झक्कुलाई झापड] A Man, Teashop Owner, Slaps a (Maoist) Lawmaker (Tweets- for the record)

    For the record: Premraj Devkota, the teashop owner just outside Kantipur complex- where my office is located- slapped Maoist lawmaker Jhakku Prasad Subedi. Like many staffs at Kantipur I too…

  • Khabardar! 74 Days to Draft Constitution in Nepal

    This one is for the members of the Constituent Assembly. A board has been put up at the gate of the Constituent Assembly complex in New Baneswar, Kathmandu to remind…

  • A Man from Gorkha in Delhi who Voted for Dr. Baburam Bhattarai

    The young man is from Dr. Bhattarai’s constituency in Gorkha district By Dinesh Wagle It was the hottest June day in five years, Delhi boiling at 45 degrees Celsius. I…

  • Politics of Religion and Conversion

    By Dinesh Wagle A conference of Nepali and Indian ultra-Hindu rightists in Mumbai last week has decided to launch “a coordinated campaign to re-establish Nepal as a Hindu state”. Kamal…

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