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…
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…
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…
It doesn’t look like anyone is about to give Prime Minister Brave Lion a honeymoon period. The same folks who were baying for Oli’s blood are…
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…
Everything about living in Nepal these days is smart, and getting smarter. When he got elected, Kathmandu's Mayor declared that he could make…
We start this regular Backside column with a mandatory singing of Nepal’s national anthem. Could I request all of you at this time to please…
If only Eh-malay alpha males didn't have the if-I-don't-win-I-won't-play mentality, we would by now have a Tarai Fast Track, piped gas in every…
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…
Nepal’s tourism planners urgently need to update the country’s guidebooks so that visitors arriving in Kathmandu know exactly what to expect,…
Now that NASA has its Perseverance SUV and Ingenuity drone on the surface of the Red Planet, we will finally know if men are indeed from Mars.…
Now that I have one year of practice of Zooming around, the wealth of experience I have amassed makes me a self-appointed expert on conducting…
This listicle is brought to you in the public interest by the Department of Pandemics that falls under the Ministry of Pandemonium of GONe.Masks…
It has come to the notice of yours truly asinine that a lot of readers out there these days are muttering behind your masks about how Nepal is…
