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
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.
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…
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)…
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…
VVVVIPs
Photo: Amit Machamasi/NT ArchiveAs Nepalis, we value our relationship with the international community so much that we are willing to sacrifice…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Driverless in Carmandu
Photo: MANISH PAUDEL/NEPALI TIMES ARCHIVEThe world is making amazing progress in automotive technology, and this means Nepal will soon leapfrog…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…