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Bhutan’s Early History: Separating Fact from Myth – V
Coining Journey of Bhutan: Setting the Record StraightFew days back I met up with Ms. Pema Choden Wangchuk – Curator at the Royal Textile Academy. I had gone to deliver some images that she had lost...
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Bodeful Times
Once again the annual Cordyceps collection season is here. Although so far no COVID-19 cases have been reported from the villages that engage in the annual harvests, we still need to be vigilant.I do...
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A Most Rare Find!
When one is passionate and dogged in the pursuit of one’s aspirations, it appears that things will eventually fall into place. In trying to put together a book on the coining journey of Bhutan, I have...
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Bhutan’s Early History: Separating Fact From Myth - VI
Coining Journey of Bhutan: Setting the Record RightIn a doctoral dissertation submitted by one Mrs. Smriti Das, it is recorded that Gongzim Ugyen Dorji, on behalf of the Royal Government of Bhutan,...
View ArticleLife’s Journeys And Its Rewards
People ask me: 5 years, 60 months and 1,825 days of having worked for the Rotary, what do you have to show for it. I dare say, many, many things – of which two are my crowning glories. One is that I...
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Making Up For Nature's Occasional Quirks
Achieving success is dependent on a great number of factors all coming together: financial muscle, human recourse, dedication, hard work, perseverance, commitment, experience, knowledge and wisdom. And...
View ArticleThe Reason And The Tradition Behind The Observance Of Holiday On The First...
Currently I am chasing the truth on when exactly coining began in Bhutan. Some say 1790 - others say something else. I am now even confused about the term “Matang”. I was dead set on calling it...
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Greening The Dustbowl
Someone had said it quite accurately:“If nature and the environs contained within it are to have a chance, the human race has to go extinct.”The good news is that nature and the environment is...
View ArticleThe Lockdown Can Wait
Thimphu’s THIRD LOCKDOWN when it was announced 3 days back was abrupt and instantaneous, and without warning. Considered from the point of prudence, it was spot on.Even as the lockdown was being...
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Rotary Club of Thimphu is Honored
Few months back, an independent international consultant contacted me with a request to contribute a write up, on what we at the Rotary Club of Thimphu, considered our most meaningful community service...
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The Amazing Institution Called Rotary
The Rotary Year 2020-2021 is about to end. And our Club is thanked for our contribution to humanity. Every year a number of Club Members of the Rotary Club of Thimphu make personal contribution to the...
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India On The Road To Success!
Finally things seem to be falling into place for India – in its efforts at vaccinating its citizens against the COVID-19. India’s success is good news for Bhutan – on many fronts.I have been truly...
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Dismantling Evil
Achieving success is dependent on a great number of factors all coming together: financial muscle, human resource, dedication, hard work, perseverance, commitment, experience, knowledge and wisdom. And...
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Lonely But Busy As Hell
Rotary Club of Thimphu is the lone Rotary Club in Bhutan. It was chartered in 2012 under the aegis of the DPT government. Since then, the Club has never looked back.We may be lonely, but certainly we...
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The Aliens Did Not Do It
Garbage is ugly – it is dirty and it stinks. Regardless it is not the aliens from outer space that generate them – it is us who do. Thus, it should be us who should take on the responsibility to...
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I Think I Finally Nailed It!
For the past over one year, I have been trying and trying and trying, to improve my coin photography. I wasn't getting it - however hard I tried. Unbalanced lighting, ghosting, uneven sharpness,...
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The Emergence of the Idea of Paper Money for Bhutan
Every nanosecond, history is being made and remade and unmade, in some corners of the earth. The intention behind their making is not always premeditated – a good portion of them are accidental - pure...
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My Dream Project ….. Sloooooowly Beginning To Take Shape
Realizing my dream project – a coffee table book on Bhutan’s coining journey – has taken more time than it should. There are a couple of reasons for it – firstly I have to put in many grueling hours...
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Koch Kingdom's Earliest Silver Coin Found in Bhutan
Relations between Bhutan and the Koch Kingdom (modern day Cooch Behar within the state of West Bengal) go back centuries. In fact written records now confirm that Bhutan’s earliest silver Maartums were...
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One For The Hilltop
The Rotary Club of Thimphu continues to deliver humanitarian service – unabated. The latest in the series of projects we implemented was the delivery and installation of a 12,000 liters capacity,...
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