Category: Wagle Street Journal

By Dinesh Wagle Updated on 03 AM GMT June 9: Police released all journalists this morning who were arrested from a protest rally in Kathmandu yesterday. Journalists were requested to sign a paper that stated, not exact wordings, “Some people who were arrested today for ignoring the prohibitory orders…have been released..” They didn’t mention specifically…

By Dinesh Wagle on June 8th, 2005 in Wagle Street Journal No easy breath in Nepal’s famous open air theater: Gauri Kala Upadhaya, 58, from Jumla, West Nepal, lost her belongings in the forceful evacuation. All Pics by Wagle. Tundikhel is mourning now. This open air space in the heart of Kathmandu is mourning the…

Watching a Nepali feature film after a traffic hassle By Dinesh Wagle After two days of delay, my Dui Kinara (two banks/sides), a Nepali movie, plan finally materialized. Devu Babu, as I call him (the witty Devendra Bhattarai), was there with his hunger of Tulsi Ghimire cinema. We enjoyed the movie in Biso Jyoti cinema…

By Dinesh Wagle on May 27th, 2005 in Wagle Street Journal Nepal parties show their strength in Kathmandu Nepal Protest: This was the biggest rally against royal takeover. All pics by Wagle. For more pics of the event, go to Jana Andolan-062 (May27) album here. In one of the biggest demonstrations against the Feb 1…

Travel Ban Continues in Nepal The royal government is not tired of repeating that everyone is free to travel within and outside Nepal. That’s in plain words. It does just opposite. Nepalis willing to travel abroad go to the international airport with all their documents: valid tickets, visas etc. When they are about to board…

Nepal Case Study: Fighting for democracy and the Rato Ghar Baghbazaar Ko Patrika Pasale: Kicked out from his 14 year old place, Ram Babu Ghimire, owner of Baghbazaar News Stand, might seem like “a real nowhere man/ sitting in his nowhere land/ making all his nowhere plans for nobody.” But unlike John Lennon’s Nowhere Man,…

Madam Rocca is looking for Democracy in Nepal By Dinesh Wagle Isn’t she Mr [American] ambassador [James F.] Moriarty? I think Mr. [Prakash Chandra] Lohani should know about her quest. Pic by Wagle. While attending a talk program on “Nepal-US Relations Today” organized jointly by the Institute of Foreign Affairs and the American Center this…