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…
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…
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…
As some of you more alert readers may have surmised by now, we live in perilous times. Besides an impending climate catastrophe and more…
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…
Every year, Nepal honours people who have imparted yeoman’s service to the nation so that things do not get from bad to worse. Thanks to the…
As an adventure destination, Nepal’s policy has always been to make it as thrilling as possible for tourists who visit the country with…
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIThe good people of Okharpauwa in Nuwakot finally signed a ceasefire agreement with the litterbugs of Kathmandu last week to…
Many of us are reluctant to shed cosy illusions and want to go on pretending that everything is hunky dory in the Dramatic Cellular Femoral…
Coalition politics brings out the best in a democracy. The five-party anti-Oli alliance has been in grabberment for less than a month and it…
Nepal is serious about democracy, and that is why we have to keep restoring it every decade or so because we believe in government for the…
As a Backside columnist, it falls upon this scribe’s lap to urge readers to look at the bright side, stay bullish, be a beacon of hope, and…
WARNING: This column contains flash photography and scatological references which some readers may find so outrageous that it may lead to…
As a newspaper of world records, we tell the tooth, the whole tooth and nothing but the tooth. However, reporters are also human, and we…
Now that G Adventures has listed Nepal as Number 1 of the Top 12 Destinations Worldwide for 2020, we can all sit back, relax and give every…
All photos: RSSWhatever people may say from the anonymity of the Internet, Prime Minister Oily is a genius. Not only has he outsmarted everyone…
Two items of news this week proved beyond reasonable doubt what we knew all along: early Homos prowled the Plateau, and the Yeti is still up…
Comes news that Lonely Planet has ranked Kathmandu #5 among Top Ten cities to visit in 2019. Are they mad? This is outrageous. How dare they?…
Not everything happening in Nepal is bad. If you just looked at the glass as half full, the news that Nepal has dropped another two notches to…
There is a nasty rumour going around that foreign direct investment in Nepal has fallen drastically because of corruption. That slur doesn’t…
