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Thank You, Again and Again
A friend in Portugal who is an officer working in the Portuguese government’s taxation department writes me a mail yesterday which reads as follows - upon being informed that I am resigning from the...
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Bring Change - Fix ACCOUNTABILITY
In the coming days, I will be posting my interpretation of His Majesty the King’s absolutely riveting 114th National Day Speech to the nation – but for now I would like to post my following response to...
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His Majesty's 114th National Day Speech: Interpretation I aaa
As I said in my last post of 18th December, 2021, I am going to offer to interpret His Majesty’s most riveting 114th National Day Speech, beginning with this first installment.To me His Majesty’s body...
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His Majesty's 114th National Day Speech: Interpretation I bbb
Of the many wise and meaningful reminders that His Majesty had pointed out during His 114th National Day speech, the subject of hydropower will be one that I am inclined to devote two articles. The...
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His Majesty’s 114th National Day Speech: Interpretation II
His Majesty’s 38th, 40th and 41st sentences touched on the matter pertaining to the need for acquiring skills and inculcating a culture of life-long learning. Specifically, the following is how His...
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His Majesty's 114th National Day Speech: Interpretation III
His Majesty’s segregation of “transient” and “enduring” prosperity is truly enlightening. The taxonomies are self-revealing in their implications. Two of His Majesty’s sentences read as...
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Mirrored Sa Maartang
Today I want to take a sojourn from the topic that is currently in vogue and talk of my favorite subject – Bhutan’s ancient coins.My deep and unremitting research into our coinages has taken me on...
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His Majesty’s 114th National Day Speech: Interpretation IV
On this fourth series, I will dwell on His Majesty’s 70th and 81st - 83rd sentences.Sentence 70th:We need to strengthen our foundation by improving the educational standards, craft policies to...
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The Carpetbaggers Are Coming!
A large section of the Bhutanese people already know how important the tourism sector is for Bhutan. In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, this reality has been reinforced even more starkly....
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Just Squeezing The Same Old Pebbles Endlessly Is Not Going To Expel Oil
I have 3-4 days left before I say goodbye to my Club and the institution called the Rotary. Thus I will not have time to do blogging for a day or two – because the last lag of my Rotary journey will...
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My Remaining Few Days in the Rotary
I have just two more days with the Rotary. Thus my final journey with the Rotary will be spent writing notes of Thank You to the network of donors spread across the globe - for their generous...
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On The Wings Of The Dragon: Part VI
The national flag carrier Drukair was conferred the Druk Thuksey (Heart Son of the Thunder Dragon) Medal on the 114th National Day on 17th December, 2021. How they became eligible for the much coveted...
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Rewriting History
I am traveling out – thus I have no time to do blogging. Perhaps you might find my following comment on one of my own posts, in response to a reader’s comment, interesting. I have written on the...
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The Repossession Of My Life - The Journey Begins
Hi ......,Thank you for your mail ---- and I am sorry for the slight delay in reply. The truth is, now that I am fully relieved of my responsibilities at the Rotary Club as of January 1, 2022, I have...
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Reverse Migration: Restocking The Goongtongs
This is the classic Bhutanese way – showing images of our many problems, bringing up issues that need solving, describing in graphic detail the problems related to our failing infrastructure – BUT...
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Drin Jorpa Warey
This is the second time that has happened to me.The first time was when my mom was about to pass away – it was as if she knew for sure that her moment had arrived. It was in Gelephu sometime in the...
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Traditional Bhutanese Term for Paper Currency
My Blog post of Wednesday the 5th January 2022 titled “Rewriting History” touched upon the term “Shog Lor” and my confusion as to the meaning of the word “Lor”. I finally got around to find out the...
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Life-long Journey of Charity and Community Service
I may have severed my ties with a charitable organization – but it appears that my journey of charity and community service has not ended. Yet again, I got drawn in into another charity work – that of...
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Reclaiming My Passion
Now that I have some time for myself, I am able to pursue my life’s passion – photography. Recently I had to go to Zhemgang to participate in the handing-over of a dwelling for a destitute couple,...
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It Came, Made A Difference And Quietly Disappeared Out Of My Life
Like everything else in my life - my professional photographic journey too began as a result of a moment of extreme emotion. Even before that, it began with a bungle by a friend in the US of A. She was...
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