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  • Cancelled & Tainted: Everest Expedition & Modi Visa

    By Dinesh Wagle on March 19th, 2005 in Wagle Street Journal Going through today’s Hindustan Times was a kind of shocking experience for me. The front page was dominated with the big news of the day that shocked entire India: Gujrat riot cost US visa for Narendra Modi. Well, that wasnâ t new news for…

  • Live From Kathmandu- III

    A reporter/blogger spends an hour observing activities of Ason Chowk where pro-democracy demonstrations and arrests are taking place these days. By Dinesh Wagle on March 9th, 2005 in Wagle Street Journal This woman told me that business in Ason was going as usual despite recent demonstrations and arrests there. Today’s price of tomatoes is Rs.…

  • Make Love, Not War (Against the King) ?

    By Dinesh Wagle on February 14th, 2005 in Wagle Street Journal Thirteen days after experiencing a dramatic political change in their country, Nepali people, mostly youth and in the city area are in a mood of celebration today. Know why? Valentine fever has caught them like a fire in an African jungle. Yes there are…

  • Great to be here Again!

    By Dinesh Wagle It feels so great to return to this site after a long long long week. For the first time in my life, I realised the importance of this site, a place to express myself, ourself…A great forum to share ideas. As you might have already known, dear friends, Nepal is going through…

  • The People’s War That Was on TV

    This Tuesday, Nepalese got a glimpse of what they were seeing in Tora Bora, Basra or in Falluja recently, that too, in their very own land: Krishna Bhir of Dhading, a district that borders Kathmandu. New Delhi based Nepali language channel Nepal One aired a shocking footage that depicted Maoists guerillas in victorious mood with…

  • Unprecedented Footage in a Nepal TV: Network dropped off the Cable

    Nepalese satellite channel surfers went through an extraordinary television experience yesterday (Tuesday, Nov 16) when a New Delhi based Nepali language network aired shocking footage of deadly fighting between Royal Nepalese Army and Maoist guerillas. The video taken by a local journalist depicted armed guerillas, mostly young, in victorious mood after their fierce and four-hour…