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My opinion on marriage

What’s your opinion about marriage? It’s the universal fact that every being doesn’t always remain single. Marriage is considered an important part in every one’s life, a special moment for all who value love and believe in relationships. Marriage is said to bind two people together, it is said to bind the two hearts together. Read more »

Are we running short of LPG?

“Ting-ting! Tang-tong!” empty LPG cylinders fall in line one after another near Motithang BOD. There were men, women and children in casuals guiding their cylinders through the line. One person one cylinder became a norm ever since its supply turned out acute.  This has attracted whole family members Read more »

The Tendrelthang Incident and Aftermath

All of us have been made aware of the hue and cry about the Tendrelthang Incident, which involved police atrocity and brutal treatment of a Yanchenphug school student, largely through the print media and of course some online forums too. The incident happened on 4th of the last month. The news about a Thimphu Superintendent of Police manhandling a 19-year old student spread far and wide.

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Dzongkha: The Failing Conundrum

Many will accept that our national language is deteriorating by the major influence of English and even the Dzonglish too. Our policy makers and bureaucrats are always attempting to pull back the edge of Dzongkha and augment it further for the sake of protection. I have every confidence that if we the Bhutanese do not let the roots of Dzongkha to spread Read more »

The BBS Interview: Reflection of Media’s concern on issues

As he always used to be, last night was no different when Mr. Dawa, an anchor puts his questions to the Hon’ble Opposition Leader (OL) on issues ranging from politics to governance to role of opposition in the parliament. Despite of myself not being really fan of OL, I was fascinated by the answers given by the OL. Read more »

The Morality of Media

The latest BBC’s IQ2 debate on the theme “MEDIA HAVE NO MORALS” during 2011 the Festival of Dangerous Ideas held in Opera House, Sydney, Australia has sparked few thoughts in me about how moral are our local media in Bhutan. Like any other democracy, media in Bhutan is also considered the fourth arm of the government Read more »

College Life (Part II)

Teachers were compassionate enough to guide and teach us. We still can’t remember how the college days were spent. The one year stay at Shercol was precious moment for in which the days were spent in swift manner and gauging those past moments in terms of sweetness in our minds today essentially gives me the euphoria. Read more »

College Life is a Golden Life (Part I)

Not everyone in life invariably succeeds it. Many fail to get college for further education; some flourish; other curse their karmic connection; and few even failed during the college life. And so, I also have hunted the dream of enjoying the college life back then in the March 26, 2007. It was memorable trend when a cluster of thousand twelve graduates Read more »

Lets celebrate momentous occassion

(Photo: Office of the Royal Media)

As I return to this forum after a long gap, I am delighted to jot down a few lines to join the rest of the nation in celebrating the Royal Wedding of His Majesty the Fifth King and the Royal Bride. Read more »

Why roads must go to underprivileged Lhuentse?

With the proliferation of more social networks, there are more people speaking behind the hidden cloak of anonymity and they have created a group in the Facebook known as, ‘Stop the construction of Shingkhar-Gorghan Roads.’ This group is yet to gain the members since it was debated thoroughly which was hosted by BBS weighing the pros and Read more »

The predicaments of a four years BBA course

Of all the courses that RUB had adopted for the last six years, the BBA four years course was an outlandish; remiss that had deprived many BBA students. The issue of difference between three and four years was incessantly debated between the RUB officials and students of GCBS, and even gyrating on the glowing differences between BBA and B.Com. Even to the top bureaucrats, the issue was aired to them with anticipation to Read more »

Where Is My Right to Information?

On the outset, let me make clear to all the readers that whatever I write in WAB is my own and I am neither a grammar guru having graduated from Oxford nor a Cambridge aficionado. I am just a simple and budding writer having recently graduated from Gaeddu College of Business Studies with four years BBA course and to learn the art of Read more »

The Need for Standardization

Let’s standardize the way we spell our Dzongkha words and names in English. This is because in absence of standard spellings we are confusing ourselves with so many variations. Let’s help ourselves. For example, Wangduephodrang is sometimes spelt as Wangdiphodrang. Which one is the correct spelling? Likewise – Monggar or simply Read more »

The Imperfect Mind

Why does our mind change? One moment we love doing things that please us and the other moment we don’t. Our state of mind if never constant, it is bound to change depending on situations. Taming mind to perfection is the most difficult task for every man kind.

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Our heightened hypocrisy

Winter is slowly ripening in Phuentsholing and the place would be once again filled with dust and nothing else. Big trucks have started transporting apples from places in the higher altitudes. There is a heavy traffic as always. And these big trucks blow thick cloud of smoke and dust behind them that if you do not stand close to your wife you won’t see her walk off with someone. Read more »

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