Category: Karnali Nepal

A Young Jumlee’s Dream of Teaching

It’s not unusual in this kind of terrain to run over big mountains for a small opportunity of a job. Dreams carry people anywhere. If one desire is not fulfilled, another emerges. By Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal ब्लगमान्डू : तन्नेरी जुम्लीको पढाउने रहर Lal Bahadur Dangi in the same school in Chautha where he…

July 21, 2007
A Radio Report From Jumla: Information Revolution

A small FM radio station, powered by unreliable electricity and run by a dozen staffs who face daily challenge of providing balanced news, has brought information revolution in one of the most remote parts of Nepal. By Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal Staffs of Radio Karnali FM 105 timko 2 MHz in their office building…

July 21, 2007
In A Nepali Village of Daura Suruwal, Young Generation Wants Jeans

Nanda Bahadur Shahi, 53, of Sinja, Jumla inspects his Daura Suruwal as his 4-year-old grandson Joban, clad in ‘modern’ outfits looks on. All pics by Wagle By Dinesh Wagle SINJA (Jumla)– The residents of this beautiful village have worn daura suruwal for decades. But hello, this traditional Nepali outfit covers only the bodies of the…

July 20, 2007