Tag: #satire

Articles tagged with #satire

"Not every cartoon is humorous"

Between sharp lines and subtlety, cartoonist Abin reminds that good things don’t need to be satirised

Jan 7, 2023

Self-driving in Kathmandu

Now that Elon Musk’s self-driving Beta is available in North America, it is only a question of time before autonomous vehicles arrive in Kathmandu. After that, we can all sit back, relax in the co-pilot seat while the autonomous vehicle is pulled over for overspeeding and driving under the influence.

Dec 2, 2022

Symbolic elections

Don’t be an ass. Get out and vote, even if it is for a serial politician who has been given the chance to ruin this country several times over…

Nov 18, 2022

Nepalis in India’s arsenal

Many of you pulled me aside at a recent diplomatic soirée to ask if it is a coincidence that on the week that Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda)…

Oct 17, 2022

Dasain is postponed

Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAThe Ass has been reminded that this paper takes a break over Dasain, and we skip one issue next week. Yay! Also, there is a…

Oct 2, 2022

VVVVIPs

Photo: Amit Machamasi/NT ArchiveAs Nepalis, we value our relationship with the international community so much that we are willing to sacrifice…

Sep 15, 2022

Exit visas for Nepalis

Nepalis are the most experienced people when it comes to having their visa applications rejected. Except for São Tomé and Príncipe and India, we…

Sep 10, 2022

Twerking at Tij

Despite where the Gender Inequality Index may rank Nepal, this country is taking rapid strides to achieve equality among men, women, and…

Aug 29, 2022

Turning Nepal into Singapore

During the Panchayat, Nepal’s absolute rulers promised to lift the country to ‘Asian Standards’. What they forgot to spell out was whether they…

Jul 30, 2022

Fly-by-Night Airlines

Ladies and gentlemen and dear customers, we will now take you away from our regular programming to some breaking news being streamed live on FB…

Jun 25, 2022

Symbolic symbols

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…

May 22, 2022

Crocodile tears

Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRII wouldn’t blame any of my valued customers if they failed to notice that May 8th was World Donkey Day. Thank you…

May 12, 2022

Freedom of the wild ass

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…

May 8, 2022

Driverless in Carmandu

Photo: MANISH PAUDEL/NEPALI TIMES ARCHIVEThe world is making amazing progress in automotive technology, and this means Nepal will soon leapfrog…

Apr 14, 2022

7 ways to save Nepal

Illustration: SUBHAS RAIThe Ukraine War has sent the price of fuel soaring, forcing Nepalis to play Russian roulette at the petrol pumps.…

Mar 19, 2022

The Virtual Keynote

At the outset of today’s Zoom webinar, allow me to first thank the organisers of this 6-day Conference on Sustainable Development of…

Mar 12, 2022

Yankee go home. (Take us with you.)

Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRIFor those of us who devour dish-information for current affairs, it is now looking like Nepal is about to declare…

Feb 18, 2022

Another Ballantine’s

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…

Feb 14, 2022

10 reasons to leave Nepal

Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRIHowever much we love our country, there comes a time when we have to take the bull by its horns or, as they say in…

Feb 4, 2022

A tongue lashing

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…

Jan 28, 2022

Open Defection-free Zone

It warms our cockles in these bleak times that the General Conventions of Nepal’s main parties have been declared Open Defection-Free Zones. But…

Dec 10, 2021

Animule Farm

Go back to sleep, we'll wake you up when things start getting really exciting around here. Politicians are up to their ears waging party…

Dec 3, 2021

Defending Nepal

As some of you more alert readers may have surmised by now, we live in perilous times. Besides an impending climate catastrophe and more…

Nov 24, 2021

Sons of bitches

It’s that time of year again when dogs are gods in Catmandu, and as we involuntarily get the urge to raise our hind-legs when passing a…

Nov 3, 2021