Thank God For COVID-19 II
Bhutan is now faced with an extraordinary situation – a situation of surplus production in the face of contracted market! Now, what the dang hell do I mean by this? Let me explain it simply:As a...
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Coins Of The Man Of Destiny
Having delved deep into Bhutan’s close to two and half centuries of coining journey, I began to grasp the true measure of men of destiny - why they are so uncommon among the common.From 1790 to until...
View ArticleBuyback: The Miss-Coined & Misunderstood Concept
The miss-coined concept that has been popularized as “buyback” is once again doing the rounds in the corridors of power - that of the Ministry of Agriculture. This is the state of our bureaucracy -...
View ArticleThank God!
Thank God! I notice that yesterday there were two persons who logged in to my Blog - from United Arab Emirates. As I had reported earlier, for more than a month, not a single person logged in from that...
View ArticleOutbreak of Canine Distemper: Yet Another Service Project By The Rotary Club...
Twenty-five days after funding of US$ 59,000.00 was approved by the TRF, our Club’s Community Service Project to supply hospital incinerators to help battle the COVID-19 is still firmly entrenched in...
View ArticleDoes COVID-19 Affect the Brain?
Generally it is accepted that the COVID-19 virus affects a vital human organ called the lungs. But in Bhutan it seems to affect a different organ of the body - atleast among the Members of the National...
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Bhutan's Beautiful Wild Birds
It has been a while since I posted images of birds. Here are some - for those readers who are bird lovers.Asian Pied StarlingChestnut-tailed Starling Crested KingfisherCrested Serpent EagleGreen...
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Again, and Again, and Yet Again: For Our Men In Blue
Five officials of the Rotary Club of Thimphu – the Club President, Club Secretary, Past President, Past Secretary and Foundation Chair of the Rotary Club of Thimphu returned yesterday from Agro-Based...
View ArticleAn Act Of Restitution Of Our Ethics & Morality
On 2 June 1999, the Kingdom of Bhutan celebrated the 25th Anniversary of the reign of His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuck, Bhutan’s beloved monarch. It was also in this year that Internet and TV was...
View ArticleLeadership
This morning I woke up to read a beautiful message – circulated in a WhatsApp Chat Group created for a select group of Rotary Leaders around the world. I found it so meaningful, I would like to share...
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Queen of Bhutan Rose
How many of the Bhutanese subjects of Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck know that there is a rose created specifically for Her Majesty? I for one did not know – until a Rotarian from the...
View ArticleThe Virus Hunters
Professor Christoper Golden of the Department of Global Health & Population, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, USA is leading the “Virus Hunters” team from NatGeo. He was due to arrive...
View ArticleBhutan Now Has An Active COVID-19 Case (Beyond Quarantine Phase)
More than 3 months back, I had sounded out through this Blog that we will eventually have our community spread - for me it has always been a matter of WHEN – and not of IF. The government has now...
View ArticleBattling the COVID-19 Coronavirus
Some one had said it very well: "It Is Difficult To Do Nothing".Not that I have nothing to do - I have humongous amount of work to do - all Rotary related. In my capacity as the Club Secretary, our...
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Chettrums and Ngultrums
My current obsession – a book on the coinage of Bhutan – the task is turning out to be lot more daunting than I had imagined. In the process of my research I am making discoveries that baffle the mind...
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Breaking News
Four days back, on October 8, 2020, Bhutan saw the successful installation and demonstration of a first-of-a-kind incinerator in the country: incinerator that is capable of incinerating bio-medical and...
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Mischief & Callousness Galore!
The story of Bhutan’s coinage is one of mischief and utter callousness. The callousness begins in 1790 and it goes on to this day. The mischief begins in 1928 but ends in 1974.The mischief begins with...
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TAMRAPATRA of 1624 between Zhabdrung and King Ram Shah of Nepal
There is surely a hand of providence in my doing the history of Bhutan’s coinage. In the process of my research into the subject, I have come across discoveries that are uncommon and almost divinatory....
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BTFEC’s Grant for Waste Management
It is heart warming to read a report in the Kuensel of 22nd October, 2020 about the award of a grant of Nu.85.00 million by the Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation (BTFEC) - for waste...
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King of Fresh Water Game Fishing
Feast your eyes on the following monster of a fish - called the Golden Mahseer (Tor putitora) - regarded as the king of fresh water game fishing. My own records of this fish are: 27 KGs in Tingtibi, 23...
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