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  • Tales of a Highway Driver in Karnali

    Previous articles from Karnali ………… By Dinesh Wagle in Karnali Highway Wagle Street Journal Pics by Wagle [This story appeared in today’s Kathmandu Post. Nepali version of the same appeared in today’s Koseli, Kantipur. Here is a journal from Dinesh Wagle’s previous journey in Karnali Highway: The Karnali Express: Bumping on for 52 Hours (Jumla…

  • A Different Alchemist: Himalayan Yarns of Nepali Shepherds

    ब्लगमान्डू!: एसएलसी फेल, विहे पास Conversation with young shepherds in a rural Nepali village. Topics: education, aspirations, flirting with girls and the marriage to produce more children for grazing oxen and sheep! Unlike the shepherd in Paulo Coelho’s Alchemist, 18-year-old Padam Bahadur Rawal who has given up all hope of passing the School Leaving Certificate…

  • Remote Nepal Speaks: Young Voice of Karnali

    A political discourse with the students of Karnali Technical Institute in Jumla, one of the most remote districts in Nepal “We need the President in Nepal. Tomorrow Karnali might give birth to a child with the capacity to become the President of the country. That’s why the top post of the country should not be…

  • Up to Rara Lake with Dohori Dhun All the Way

    A musical journey to the biggest lake of Nepal in remote Mugu district with the trail filled with flowers of all kinds and the air reverberated with local folk tunes With jeans tugged into their socks and eyes as red as ripe tomatoes, the boys were Jug Bahadur Bhandari, 15 (left), and Prakash Bhandari, 13.…

  • 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…

  • 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…