Archive for the ‘Essays’ Category

The reflection of beams of silver moon from the auburn Paro valley brings much enchantment in my forlorn hours of darkness. When the world is tinted with such a beautiful, yet momentary colour of light, I cannot bring myself to a halt from walking in its illumination. The vibrant beams make me moderately sightless as if like I am looking through some Read more »

Bhutan as of July, 2010 has official figure of 217 HIV/AIDS cases out of which 43 died and leaves with 164 known HIV/AIDS cases. In-between December 2009 to July, 2010, 32 new cases were detected out of which 16 females and 16 males including one minor. The figure shows only the detected cases and actual infected numbers could be higher in country. Read more »

(This was submitted as an assignment during my PGDPA at RIM)
Until the turn of the 19th century, Bhutan was seen as a lost land. The people were seen as a sort of curious mountain tribe, “with a deep running devil-worship tradition” (Baillie, 2005), and with little personal hygiene to speak of. Of course, it all changed. Thanks largely to a succession of Read more »

“Beauties in vain, their pretty eyes may roll; Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul”-Alexander Pope
I haven’t been doing my regular exercises, which invariably included a heavy regime of weight training and stretches. Nor have I been on my regular diet consisting of a healthy mix of the three principal components of nutrition. This is Read more »

Counselling is interpreted differently by different people in our country. To some it’s about advice, and to others it’s tea and sympathy. For others, counselling is a long-term process, but sure enough it is a hotly debated subject amongst professionals working in the schools and outside. Read more »

My two ears do not possess the huge listening capacity for hearing this dreadful economic term called ‘inflation’, yet, the term is becoming a real ghost in Bhutan. Starting from basic necessities, the costs are escalating and the moment salary hike promulgates through the media, house owners, and shopkeepers become active, which is adequate enough to Read more »

By birth we are all strangers be it siblings or close relatives. Though the siblings inherit the same gene from a common parent, they all existed in different realms before the very existence in this world. Our parents’ give us a name and distinguish our unique identities and thus we become a part of them. So by virtue of being born in the same family and having resided under the same roof since our birth, Read more »

Did you read this article from Kuensel? Well what do you think? I’m very skeptical about it. How is it better for us to invest more when there is rise in inflation?

‘Considering rising inflation and interest rates remaining fixed, Bhutanese    economists say it might be

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Since this is my very first post here, I would like to start with something I wrote in school for our wall magazine.

The Lord Buddha said, “Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.” Social Service is an act that’s directed at the wellbeing and betterment of those living in poor condition. The work fully dedicated, both in heart and soul, towards improving the lives of indigent and needy ones, Read more »

Life is a bundle and a stretch of memories and different experiences – good, bad, joyful, painful, melancholic, and hardships and so on, I believe. As we go on living our lives, we gather a lot of memories with the passing, days,weeks, months and years. All are not born with equal luck and longevity. Some live to the extent of more than a century while Read more »

‘You are born free but remain in chain thereafter.’ Since he read this life, Sagar was annoyed with the social system human beings created. He would imagine a free and independent life. His indoctrination was that real happiness in life is attainable only one is free. For Sagar happiness matters a lot – whether it is for work, play, wander, sleep or rest. Read more »

False commercial adver­tisements are gaining popularity and cap­turing the attention of mass sections of Bhutanese society. Commercial advertisements have come in all forms, and we the Bhutanese have wel­comed everything. Whatever the advertiser does, we tend to believe it is true show. I am deeply concerned if we cannot differentiate between the reality Read more »

This is an essay written by my nephew who is in class V. He is only about 9 years old. But I am amazed at the thoughts he put in and the feeling/emotions that made the thought possible…I am not sure, whether to feel proud or scared.. how can a child think so much and how can he feel this way…he is just a child. Read more »

Because You Can. Death is relative. You live each day hoping that you will never die. But in fear that you trip on the step and fall, the plane that deliver 99.9% of its passenger plunge against all the odds and take you down with it in your once in the blue moon flight, that the drunk behind the wheel hit crush you in front of a stupid crowd, the pill you pop for your headache goes bad Read more »