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Climate Change in Reverse
In the early 1980’s an event took place in Thimphu that so infuriated a visiting American lady journalist that she coined a brand new phrase – Apartheid in Reverse. Some of you may recall that...
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Rotary International District 3292 PET Seminar Held in Bhutan
My recent mail to Rotarians in Nepal ended thus:At a higher level, the PET Seminar has achieved what we at RC Thimphu has always aspired to achieve - that of spreading goodwill and understanding...
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SkyHydrant Water Filters For Every School in Bhutan
In traditional Bhutan, every mother of a newborn used to be fed water to re-condition her body from the ravages of childbirth. Every newborn began life on this earth by being cleansed by water - a...
View ArticleBack of the Envelope Calculations - Forestry can be bigger growth driver than...
The above is word for word quotation by Phuntsho Namgyel, author of Forest for Gross National Happiness.Wikipedia explains “back-of-the-envelope calculations” thus:"A back-of-the-envelope calculation...
View ArticleA Run-In With Our Men In Blue
Few days back (11.04.2018), I had a run-in with our Men in Blue– next to the Thai Pavilion below Namgay Heritage Hotel. The less than cordial tête-à-tête that followed by the way side was rather...
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Electrifying Figures
At the end of 2017, the global renewable energy generation capacity stood at 2,179 GW. Of this, 167 GW was added in 2017 alone.Of the total power generation increase added during 2017, solar and wind...
View Article100 Rotary Peace Fellowship on Offer
The following announcement is made for the benefit of Bhutanese scholars aspiring to go for further studies.Every year, the Rotary selects up to 100 professionals from around the world to receive...
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Are Our School Drinking Water Safe to Drink?
Combined with snow, ice, freshwater lakes, running streams, rivers and ground water, Bhutan has one of the highest per capita availability of water in the world. With an average flow of 2,238 m3/s,...
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A Stinking Stench and an Alpine Rumpus
Over few hundred miles apart – one bang in the center of the capital city Thimphu, another at the extreme fringes of the country’s northern border – two stinks have apparently been fomenting for some...
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Punatsangchhu Hydroelectric Project-I in Colombia?
It seems like "geological surprises" are not so uncommon - it is happening elsewhere too - not just in Bhutan.The US$2.8 billion Hidroituango mega dam being built on the river Cauca in Colombia is all...
View ArticleSomething to Brood Over
One of the world’s youngest democracies has got to be among the most muddled. The staggering amount of contradictions and discrepancies that direct the functioning of our democratic process is, simply,...
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BHUTAN2020 Initiative Launched in Toronto, Canada
Room #718B at the Rotary Convention Hall in Toronto, Canada that seats 550 will this day miss one speaker from a little known country in the Great Eastern Himalayas - Rotarian Yeshey Dorji, Rotary Club...
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I Am Clueless!
I am constantly trying to understand what draws readers to my Blog --- if there is a pattern to their logic --- what holds their interest.I am clueless!Look at the following for instance – this morning...
View ArticleTengney Police Namgay II
Recently I was at the Rinchen Kuenphen Primary School, Thimphu - to inspect the broken down girls’ toilet that the Rotary Club of Thimphu is repairing to bring it back to use. There I met the lady Vice...
View ArticleCOMPENSATION: The Subliminal Bhutanese “Soch”
One word that has always intrigued me that every news media in Bhutan - whether print or visual - used unfailingly: COMPENSATION. I have always been bewildered why anyone would write or say that the...
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A Season of Service & Giving
I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.- Edward Everett HaleA basketful of Maa & Datsi...
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Honk! And They Do Listen!
I am nearly impressed!!What if they are incapable of doing their jobs willingly and without having to be told? What if they fail – both in their duties as well as in their responsibilities? But you do...
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Donation of Blood Pressure Monitors
Healthcare givers point out that blood pressure is a cardinal vital sign that guides both acute and long-term clinical decision-making. Thus, it is important and essential that blood pressure...
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