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  • Job in Nepal Police, Duty in a Corner

    Thanks to the ongoing peace process in the country, police have returned to villages to provide sense of security to people. By Dinesh Wagle Chautha (Jumla): In an evening a week ago, beautiful tune resonating to that of a mouth harp was heard in this corner of a remote village of Jumla that doesn’t receive…

  • Nepalis' Nightmare in the Gulf

    Kicked out by Qatar, Nepalis greeted with animal treatment in Bahrain. A firsthand experience of a young Nepali student returning from America By Tulsi Bhandari Last month, Nepal’s newspapers were awash with reports of hundreds of Nepali workers in Qatar being driven from the country for demanding better pay from their employers. When I was…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Loose Talk Indeed! [Mr. Chairman, Better Mind Your Tongue!]

    Why is Prachanda so reckless when it comes to his public utterances? The answer could be worrying. By Ameet Dhakal Public perception of leaders changes with time. But the public image of Maoist Chairman Prachanda is changing rather fast. Before the April Movement, when the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) was still at war, the…

  • Nepali Politics: In Defense of the "Non-intellectual"

    By Dr Pramod Dhakal The English-educated and Internet savvy Nepalese have started a number of mailing lists that pour emails at a rate that there are not enough hours in the day to read them all. Involved in these groups are some self proclaimed “intelligent” and “educated” cyber-friends who love to edify the self. Although…

  • Here Comes Our Powell: Next American Celebrity in Nepal

    Update: Senate confirmed the appointment of Nancy J. Powell as the ambassador to Nepal on June 28. (that is if confirmed by the Senate as ambassador to Kathmandu. Nancy Powell will be replacing James F. Moriarty, the current American face in Nepal (hero for some and villain for others) Transcripts by Federal News Service June…