There comes a time in every journo’s career when we get tired of being the purveyors of only bad news. It is our duty to set that right, so we…
The Ass
Nepal’s post-Covid planners need a different tactic. Trying to convince people around the world to visit Nepal because it is there is not…
Comrade Janardan announced a hefty increase in all kinds of taxes in his budget speech to Parliament. The grabberment cannot function without…
Ang Kami Sherpa just broke his own record to climb Mt Everest for the 26th time last week. Also aspiring to be in the Guinness Book is Prime…
To make a country great again, one prerequisite is that citizens must respect their leader.The Chinese people hold President Xi Jinping in high…
I wouldn’t blame any of my valued customers if they failed to notice that May 8th was World Donkey Day. Thank you to those who sent me flying…
All of us here in Assdom were pleasantly surprised this week to see that Nepal’s rankings in the World Press Freedom Index has improved by leaps…
The wellbeing of every country on Earth can be measured by how much leisure time its citizens have. Industrialised nations are so productive…
The world is making amazing progress in automotive technology, and this means Nepal will soon leapfrog rapidly from a country of drivers without…
Nothing is more symbolic of the Still Rising Nepal than the ongoing view tower construction spree. It is concrete proof that Nepal stands tall,…
The Ass takes umbrage at Nepal celebrating Horse Day with an official holiday in Kathmandu Valley on 25 March, whereas there is no special day…
The Ukraine War has sent the price of fuel soaring, forcing Nepalis to play Russian roulette at the petrol pumps. Inflation has hit the roof,…
At the outset of today’s Zoom webinar, allow me to first thank the organisers of this 6-day Conference on Sustainable Development of…
After celebrating World Wildlife Day which coincided with Global Day of Baristas on Thursday, the world as we know it is now getting ready to…
We are all excited here in the newsroom about a news item that a Chinese firm is making sports bras for overweight men. Most men of voting age…
For those of us who devour dish-information for current affairs, it is now looking like Nepal is about to declare war on the United States.…
Come to think of it, it was quite a masterstroke that the Baddies launched their armed struggle in 1996 just a day before Valentine’s Day. They…
However much we love our country, there comes a time when we have to take the bull by its horns or, as they say in the trade, hoist ourselves up…
One of the benefits of the current pandemic is that it has institutionalised the “Namaste” as a greeting not just in the Subcontinent but all…
Besides defending its title as the most corrupted country in South Asia, Nepal has belatedly also been recognised in the Guinness Book as having…
Many of you who were born during or just before the last elections in 2017 will no doubt remember that the Mayor-in-Chief of Kathmandu promised…
After watching Don’t Look Up on a bootleg channel this week, the Ass has come to the happy conclusion that compared to a direct hit with Planet…
As Planet Earth completes another orbit around the Sun, it is that time of year during our trajectory through space to take stock of the past…
Although Nepal’s airlines have weathered the pandemic and remained airworthy, there are concerns about whether Covid has removed forever the…
