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In the morning, in Chandanpur village of Lalitpur district, we decided to take a walk for a while. We wanted to see how people were living in their homes and what they were doing in their fields. We walked uphill for about 10 […]

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See the related article [Motorcycle Diary] in Nepali in Blogmandu

Recently I went to some “remote” areas of Lalitpur district pillion riding on my reporter colleague Suraj Kunwar’s Honda Shine. During the overnight trip we rode over the bumpy roads, stopped for tea and snack in small tea-shops and stayed in a dirty lodge. But the […]

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It wasn’t predicted. It wasn’t on my schedule. In a way it was like any other unpredictable day in my professional life. As I was heading towards office thinking about what I might do in the newsroom, the cell rang- GSM I must mention, not the CDMA, as I have started carrying two if I […]

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Media Watch: Nepali reporters and news outlets sometime make jokes out of themselves. While reporting news, they hardly care about facts, those facts that are usually the backbone of the story itself. Rookie reporters and careless editors are often to be blamed for such inaccuracies.
I am talking about the coverage of latest development from Washington […]

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All photos by Yogesh Khatiwada
I have posted the photos of me looking for, finding and buying the much acclaimed book Fatalism and Development by anthropologist Dor Bahadur Bista who has gone missing since 1997.
My article about the first impression of the book (and hearsay about the writer’s disappearance) will come out in Nepali in the […]

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This blog continues from Chyura Set in New Road
I couldn’t stay long with Yogesh as I was about to get late for the British Embassy press conference. I rushed towards Lainchaur. It was drizzling. I was just in time but these British, they have learned enough from us regarding the respect of time- The Nepali […]

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