Dinesh Wagle on Nepali Society

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  • The God. Whose God?

    Many Hindus actively practice, promote and protect untouchability, the caste-based discrimination. There are several layers of untouchability in Hindu society but the most visible is the one against the Dalits (collectively those who are at the lower levels of the caste hierarchy) by the non-Dalits (collectively those who are at the higher strata). Untouchability exists among Dalits…

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  • No Sin Was Committed While Taking This Photo #Guhyeshwari

    I got very angry when I saw this notice pasted on the walls of Guhyeshwari temple complex today afternoon. My blood is still boiling- six hours after I first saw this. I felt like giving a tight slap- saale ko galai ma- on the cheek of this guy who ordered for this to be pasted…

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  • Beloved Bamboos of Budha Subba in Bijaypur (Dharan)

    I first visited Dharan in 2001. I was on my way to Kimathanka, the remote and smallest village of Nepal by population bordering China. I stopped for a few days in Biratnagar, booked my air ticket to Tumlingtaar, and went to explore nearby towns of eastern Nepal. Dharan, Itahari and Birtamod. Back then my primary…

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  • 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 Thapa, who sees his future in religion-based politics, participated. Thapa said the conference expressed concern over sinister plans being carried out in Nepal to wipe…

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  • Burning Effigies [in the Name of Lord Shiva]

    Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal [This article originally appeared on the Op-Ed page of the Kathmandu Post today. See it here as it appeared on the paper.] Indian Hindu Rightwing Fundamentalists Demonstrate In Agra, India Against Nepal Government Decision To Apointment Nepali Priest in Pashupatinath Temmple The other day I came across a Reuters video…

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  • अरेवियन समुद्री किनारमा

    तीन समुद्र वे अफ बंगाल, हिन्द र अरेवियनको मिनल हुने सुदूर दक्षिण भारतीय नगर कन्याकुमारीमा सूर्योदय पर्खिरहेका दुई कन्या (माथि) र सूर्य अस्ताउँदै गर्दा गोवाको कोल्भा विच दिनेश वाग्ले वाग्ले स्ट्रिट जर्नल यो लेख गत शनिवार (२५ अक्टोबर) को कान्तिपुर कोसेलीमा प्रकाशित भएको हो । पत्रिकाकै पन्नामा देखिए झै‌ हेर्ने भए यहाँ । कोल्भा विचमा…

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  • भगवान भरोसा

    भगवान नदेखेपनि थुप्रै नेपाली मन्दिर जाँदा मनमा शान्ति महसुस गर्छन् । किन ? दिनेश वाग्ले/ सुरज कुँवर यो लेख आजको कान्तिपुरमा प्रकाशित भएको हो । रातको ११ बज्नै लाग्दा र अघिल्लो युगमा कृष्ण जन्मिएको पल नजिकिँदै गर्दा गतसाता पाटन कृष्ण मन्दिर परिसरमा राता सारी, हरिया पोते र नङपालिस लाएका महिला झुरुप्प बसेर गाउँदै, ताली बजाउँदै,…

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  • Kumaris, the Living Goddesses, of Nepal (or Kathmandu Valley)

    My latest in Koseli: छातामुनी पिसकोर. Previous: गुगल, गाई र रिक्सा …….. Though I have been hearing about the Kumari tradition of Nepal (all these cute girls who are considered living goddesses and are almost always clad in dark gajal and red outfits) I hadn’t seen them directly until recently. A few days ago a…

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