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Of Rare Birds & Pretty Butterflies
A legally protected butterfly in India, Kaiser-i-Hind (Teinopalpus imperialis) is the State Butterfly of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. This beautiful Swallowtail Butterfly was supposedly...
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The Case Of The Rotting Potatoes
In recent times, there have been repeated reports of hundreds of tons of farmers’ potatoes rotting in the auction/storage yards of the Food Corporation of Bhutan (FCB) in Phuentsholing.WHY?Why are the...
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Bhutan’s Unique Democracy
I have been Googling and Googling and Googling… but uncle Google has not been very forthcoming to my queries.I have been Googling to find out if there was ever a moment in the many thousands of years...
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The Edifice of Disgrace
As a Khengpa (a person belonging to the Kheng region of Central Bhutan) I cannot help but feel a sense of affinity towards anything even remotely related to Kheng. Thus, when it was announced that the...
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Is It A Forgery Or Is It A Forgery?
Hi Kris,Thanks …..Your classification of “FORGERIES” is rather intriguing for me – in the sense that, in the context of Bhutanese coins, what exactly is a forgery? From what I understood is that...
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A Goat In Place Of A Sheep
The proverbial storm in the tea cup is yet again brewing with the customary zeal – the spirited ado about nothing!Bhutan’s fourth elections is days away and the nation is abuzz with a million...
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A Fitting Ode To The Fallen Soldiers Of Destiny
Most are wont to tell us that winning and losing is a way of life. Alas! for those who are given to entering a battle with the sole intention to win, being flippant about losing cannot offer any...
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Copping Out COP28
Over three hundred years back, the English astronomer, mathematician and physicist Edmond Halley implied that for the environment to survive, the human race has to go extinct. Amazing that such a...
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National Day of Bhutan
On 17th of December, 1907, entire population of Bhutan represented by 47 of their representatives congregated in Pungthang Dechen Phodrang Dzong to install Gongsa Ugyen Wangchuck as the first...
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A Super-Natural Story
Miracles, like the proverbial Angle’s visit, do seem to occur. As incredible as they seem, I know of some stray incidences that can only be explained as “miraculous”. Not that this should serve as an...
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Our Energy Potential To Power Our Growth
Writing for the Business Insider, Polly Thompson, on 25th November, 2023 made a startling revelation that Bhutan, a longtime exporter of hydropower to India, imported US$20.7 million worth of...
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Gelephu Mindfulness City Project - I
The Mindfulness City within the Gelephu Special Administrative Region (Ge-SAR) is being planned over a continuous expanse of flat land stretching over a thousand square kilometers. That is a whooping...
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Promoting Bhutan as a MICE Destination
Things do finally happen in Bhutan – but why does it take years for the Bhutanese Dashos to be “on the ball”? I have been shouting for years that Bhutan should tap into the MICE market – we have the...
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Welcome to PDP Government
The new government is now firmly on the seat of governance – we have to accept that there is no altering the fact. They may not be the government of your choice – that is not important. What is true is...
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Tourism Levy Act of Bhutan 2022: Need for Rethink
I just returned from an overnight trip to Punakha where I was invited to be a Guest Speaker at the on-going Cultural Tour Guide NC II Level Training at the De-suung Skilling Program (DSP) Training...
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The Gift
Imagine the joy of the news that I am due to receive an unexpected gift of unparalleled meaning and value – I was delighted and absolutely WOWed! Surely, with this, I would have had to have hit my...
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Para-Gliding? Hang-Gliding? Or Cable Car?
Surprises never cease in this county … I mean Bhutan looking to invite Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) for starting gliding in the country? PREPOSTEROUS! Pray, tell me, what is so complicated about...
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Saying Thank You Isn’t Easy
I am currently engrossed in an endeavor to launch a crowd funding initiative in Japan – to raise funds to acquire a small ambulance for donation to a struggling NGO in the health sector. While...
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Un-confusing the Confusion
After more than fifteen years of obstinate probing into the bewildering journey of Bhutan’s coinage, I am finally beginning to see merit in my unbending nature in not docilely accepting half-truths and...
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The Dream Million $$ Deal That Never Was: PART I
As a surviving member of the dream-weaver troupe from Bhutan’s golden years - the early 80’s - I have memories of both success and toil that give courage and hope during these tumultuous times of...
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