Tag: Wagle Street Journal
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Kathmandu Bus Ride: [Mis] adventure!?
Traveling in Kathmandu isn’t always easy. Actually it’s never easy especially in public vehicles. It’s different case if you own a bike or, perhaps, a car. Even if you have a bike, you will become a musso (mouse) when it rains. If you have a car, you will soon become a bankrupt buying fuel that…
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In A Nepal Monastery Ramon Magsaysay Jr. Talks About His Dad
[Here is another report on the visit of Magsaysay Awardees in Nepal] The senator son of former Filipino President talks about what it feels like to be a Magsaysay. Plus, hear him praising Gmail!! In the photo above, Magsaysay Jr. (right) is flanked by his son Francisco in Kathmandu’s Tilganga Eye Center. Pic by Dinesh…
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In Fulbari, For Three Nights
in Lake Side, Pokhara I am taking a long breath! After three days of intensive seminar on conflict journalism, constituent assembly, restructuring of the state of Nepal, I am now out from Pokhara’s Fulbari Hotel. (Man, the hotel, that I always wanted to see, is great. I mean the building, the infrastructure, the compound, the…
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Maoists’ Nepal Banda: Day 1 of 7
Nepal Banda, the general strike, called by Maoist rebels to make King Gyanendra’s artless election drama, has made general Nepalis’ life very difficult. The Banda has, as expected, affected the lives of general public. BUT inside Kathmandu, there were quite a few vehicles running here and there with passengers packed inside. Some of those passengers…
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Mobile Phone and Kathak Dance
Sunday/Monday: As usual but quite busy. I don’t know how fast time is passing and I haven’t been able to do any significant work. Time is like bullet, travels fast. By the way, I haven’t been able to go for tea with Deepak Adhikari, my colleague at Nepal Magazine, in a nearby teashop. So no…
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Day of Protest and Duty of Journalist
Saturday: One of the busiest Saturdays. I was running here and there covering the protest rally in Basantapur and when I returned office I was a bit tired. An assignment was waiting for me. I had to write a long piece on monarchy in Japan: possible succession by the female member of the Imperial family…
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From Bharatpur to Kathmandu: Curfew
Friday in Bharatpur: Okay, we arrived at Bharatpur and as per the kind suggestion of our driver we went to a Buddha Air sales office to inquire about the flights to Kathmandu. To our surprise, staffs at the office were waiting for the arrival of the flight. One of them even said that two tickets…
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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…
Dinesh Wagle on Nepali Society 