Posts Tagged ‘Bhutan’

Just after joining school, the very thing children talk about is “ambition”. Dreaming of becoming something has always been a common practice among the young ones. Ask every child what he/she wants to become and we would have the ready answer. Some aspire to become  doctors Read more »

I don’t know whether it is appropriate to laugh, but sometimes looking at the way things are going behind the curtains of National Council and National Assembly really makes me feel like laughing at the top of my voice. I am sure many people out there feel the same. I mean sometimes, not always. This issue of smoking makes me Read more »

Oh my god, winter vacation is here once again. I don’t know how my friends around the country feel, but this long vacation really scares me. There are reasons to be scared. Winter is a cold season and cold season welcomes cold atmosphere. Cold atmosphere invites sickness and diseases. It is a grave season. People cannot think beyond snow Read more »

Keeping all things aside,
I am choosing on one subject
I am searching a man in this country Read more »

From the Old Stone Age to Modern World,
The abattoir keeps on escalating
Insatiable human appetite was never sabotaged; Read more »

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 »

Sometimes a casual conversation can give us more wisdom and insight. Even if we are engaged in an utterly useless conversation, it still opens our hearts and minds to bigger things that matter in life. And a few days ago, I was talking with one of my seniors. Not totally useless and senseless conversation of course. Read more »

Being the national language of Bhutan, learning Dzongkha was the first thing I wanted to do after making some Bhutanese friends. Although they are very considerate and cooperative, the inability to understand their language bothered me sometimes. Read more »

Developmental activity has picked up full pace in our country particularly during the 10th Five Year Plan. As mega projects like the commencement of biggest hydroelectric projects like the Punatsangchhu I and II, Mangdechhu and of course the upcoming 4,060 MW Sankosh Project, estimated to cost more than Nu 210B, not only Bhutan’s target of harnessing 10,000 MW Read more »

When the chilly winter gave its way to the warmth of spring sun
When the season of aridity was replaced by season of humidity
When the leafless trees gave new flush of vigorous buds Read more »

A criminal has been caught and he is charged with murder in a small country inhabited by seven thousand people. This tiny kingdom of Monaco stands near the border of France and Italy. Now according to the law of the land, death sentence is pronounced on the criminal, but the country does not own a guillotine. The officials decide to hire the machine from their neighbors Read more »