Posted on January 2nd, 2007 by Dinesh Wagle
Blogmandu: My conversation with the winner of the elephant race is here.
Rhinos overshadowed the Elephant race: The public concern about the illegal poaching of Rhinos in Chitwan National Park overshadowed the international elephant race. People were carrying placards, like these students, demanding life for Rhinos. Rhinos here are being killed by poachers almost every month.
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Posted on January 2nd, 2007 by Dinesh Wagle
This Mahute, an employee of Hattisar in Chitwan, shred his experience of riding elephants for forty years. His would carry kings of Nepal in the jungle on his elephants.
27 Dec: I wasn’t feeling well from morning. Pawan Neupane and I went to interview an old man who had ridden elephants of Chitwan National Park […]
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Posted on January 2nd, 2007 by Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal Photo and Video Blog
Images and video from International Elephant Race in Chitwan, Nepal.
Pick up your favorite. Elephants of all sizes were on display just before the International Elephant Race kicked off in Sauraha, Chitwan (Nepal).
Protected by his mom, a Chhawa (phuchhe elephant) enjoys the sun and human crowd.
Small is beautiful: Even among […]
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Posted on January 4th, 2007 by Dinesh Wagle
I had an opportunity to have Tharu food in a stall on the ground. The food, Chicheri was similar to rice and was tasty. “What’s your name?” I asked the girl on my left for this caption. “Lina,” she said. And surname? “Come on,” she replied. “You are in a Tharu food stall.” Lina Chaudhari […]
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Posted on January 4th, 2007 by Dinesh Wagle
… But youve build your own paradise
Every midnight I quietly go to bed with this promise that I will wake up early in the morning. The alarm in my cell phone rings just in time: 6 AM. I instinctively reach up to the machine and kill the sound of Christmas tune only to go back […]
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Posted on January 7th, 2007 by Dinesh Wagle
And the experience was horrible.
Actress Arunima Lamsal in a premiere show of her sixth movie Abhimanyu in a Kathmandu theater on Friday, 5 Jan. Pics by Bikas Rauniar
Two days ago, I watched a Nepali movie called Abhimanyu (name of a character in ancient epic Mahabharat who falls into a spiral and is killed by enemies). […]
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Walking Around a Nepali Village:
Acrobatics!:
The Motorcycle Diary: Nepali Version!:
Kumaris, the Living Goddesses, of Nepal (or Kathmandu Valley):
Hips do Lie! I am not Dancing in These Photos!: