NAVESH CHITRAKAR Drastic situations need drastic remedies. And if there is one thing we have learnt since Nepal shed the Rana yolk, it is that…
Pic: Nepal Magazine Since The Ass is not an asstrologer, he has taken to consulting Shri Gangaram Donkey before sitting down to write this…
Asia is divided into two types of countries: those that play cricket and those that eat them. The Line of Control between these two…
Having spent the past two weeks in the company of a dental surgeon in a hard hat who has been boring deep inside my oral cavity with a pneumatic…
Now that we are a Feral Democratic Republic, we cannot carry on the way we were. We have to do things completely differently. This country needs…
With the conjunction of the planets and constellations, another auspicious annual mating season is upon us. We must start with the…
WARNING: This week’s Backside Column contains material that some readers may find offensive. Customers are advised to keep their air-sickness…
In today’s weekly Asinine column yours truly will be making some very important, timely and relevant points, if I may say so myself. So it is…
I agree with many of you irate readers who have been spewing venom at Kathmandu’s newly-elected Mayor for what he is doing to Rani Pokhari.…
The Ass cannot fathom why everyone is in a tearing hurry to form a new gobarment. What’s the rush? I am perfectly happy with Lameduck Lion Brave…
It is our duty, as journalists, to adhere to the truth as far as humanely possible. But, now and then, we make mistakes. Who doesn’t? And when…
Now that we have elections out of the way, and the wheat has been separated from the chaff, the nation’s attention has turned to the subject…
We expect most royal leaders and loyal readers of this paper to be suffering from EFS (Election Fatigue Syndrome) which is why the Ass will not…
Whatever you do in Saudi Arabia, don’t use your mobile phone on a domestic flight. The poor chap was sentenced to receive 20 lashes with a wet…
Buried in election-dominated headlines this past week were several items of news that did not get the attention they deserved. The first was the…
According to a recent news report, 2,636 Nepalis have registered with the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for a flight…
Since it had nothing better to do, GONe has gone and set up a Task Force to determine the exact height of Mt Everest. Why on earth would the…
Being the Fifth Column of the Fourth Pillar of the State as well as the mouth organ of democracy, and thanks to new safeguards in the new…
I know many of you are worried about the state of the country. The garbage piling up on the streets bothers you, there is doubt even at this…
As an Ass permanently domiciled in Nepal, this animule was invited to the recent Non-Resident Nepali bash in which its newly-elected Politburo…
It’s that time of year again, and as we involuntarily get the urge to raise our hind-legs when passing a telephone pole, we are reminded that it…
As a wise Ass once said: when in a foreign land it is best to try to blend in. Try to be as inconspicuous as possible even if you are 6’3”, have…
The Ass has been reminded that this week’s Dasain issue of the paper carries the 900th edition of this column. I didn’t know anyone was…
As Dasain approaches, there are signs that things are limping back to normalitude with the installation of centerline steel fencing at Blubber…
