Dinesh Wagle on Nepali Society

Dinesh Wagle on Nepali society

Tag: travel

  • Dadeldhura: after 12 years

    This Dadeldhura looks more beautiful than the one I had seen in my first visit mote than a decade ago. The sight of dense jungle just below Tuphan Danda together…


  • An Overnight Bus Journey to Mahendranagar from New Delhi

      This is clearly one of the most uncomfortable bus journeys that I have undertaken in recent times. I have to spread my legs to form a huge V so…


  • Around the World on a Bicycle: Spreading Message or Loafing Around?

    The ‘world cyclist’ finally arrived in Delhi last week. He had been traveling in India for the past several months. He had added me on Facebook a couple of months…


  • 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…


  • Rocks and Monolithic Temples of Mahabalipuram, India

    Mahabalipuram (or Mamallapuram) is one of the most beautiful places I have visited in India in the past two years. The combination of beach and rocks AND the awesome monolithic…


  • A trip to Pondicherry, India

    The British once ruled the Indian subcontinent (except Nepal, of course) that included present day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. But they were not the only foreign powers to…


  • Marina, Chennai: A Year After

    How fast time flies! I am here in Marina. The sight of sea fascinates the hilly, landlocked person in me so immensely that the salty water holds inexplicable taste to…


  • A trip to Manali, India

    Next post: At the Rohtang Pass, Himachal Pradesh, India Pavan Nithin arrived at my apartment in the morning. Were I ‘up for this trip to Manali’ in the evening? He wanted…


  • A Tired Indian

    Palika Bazaar is an underground market in central Delhi that is popular among the people who can’t afford to go to fancy malls and nearby branded outlets in Connaught Place.…


  • Nepal in Intl. Media: Annapurna Circuit and Kathmandu in New York Times and Time

    The New York Times and Time magazine are working closely, so to speak, to cover Nepal in the past couple of weeks. First came Jim Yardley, former Beijing bureau chief…