Roads of Doom? Part IV
Recently I was twiddling my thumbs at the Tekezampa road closure when I was returning from Bumthang, when something struck me:Why do we need to widen our roads to the size of an airstrip that can...
View ArticleFinally, Some Good News: I
I am not sure that my fellow Drups have been paying attention - but there have been a spat of good news that have been doing the rounds in recent times. By no means in the scale of the devastating news...
View ArticleFinally, Some Good News: II
Second in this series, lets talk of the Kuensel news article of 18th April, 2015, headlined “To ‘meat’ a huge demand”. And, this article I want to start by offering my congratulations to the PDP...
View ArticleFinally, Some Good News: III
One other good news that has not yet grabbed the headlines but one that deserves it, is the recent Cabinet decision to operationalize the Ministry of Agriculture’s concept of “Farm Shops”. In a...
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Finally, Some Good News IV
During early 70’s the Royal Government of Bhutan embarked on a program to encourage farm production and the cultivation of what was popularly known as “cash crops” - such as apples, oranges, potatoes...
View ArticleTo "Meat" a Huge Demand
The Royal Government of Bhutan’s recent announcement to encourage rearing of animals for in-country meat production was bound to generate debate. Debate is good - but debates emanating from minds that...
View ArticleTo “Meat” a Huge Demand II
Early yesterday morning I was lying in bed and watching the movie “Diana” on TV. Something the Princess Diana told her lover - the Pakistani Dr. Hasnat Khan - touched me deeply. There was this scene...
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A Minor Revolution In The Making
Away from the clamor and din of hypocrisy that is the order of the day in the nation’s capital city of Thimphu - a cauldron simmering with broken dreams and dashed hopes - a quiet revolution has been...
View ArticleWATER: Thinking Beyond Hydro-power Projects
In recent times, both the KUENSEL, as well as the BBS, have been unfailing in the regularity with which they reported on our hydro-power projects and how there is a need to review the hydro-power...
View ArticleHow True Is The Claim?
"Bhutan sets its first-ever Guinness World Records title with Most trees planted in one hour"I think this claim is not true. I believe that this is not our first Guinness World Record Title. I think...
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Pretty Faces Are In Rural Bhutan!
I am not a portrait shooter because the modern faces do not appeal to me. However, as a photographer, I cannot stop looking hard at faces - because I am always looking out for a subject to shoot....
View ArticleKolkata, Chennai, Chilipthang etc.
We had a visiting Rotarian from Chhenai, India who attended our Weekly meeting this Friday the 26th June, 2015. The Rotary norm is that any visiting Rotarian can attend any meeting of around 33,000...
View ArticleTourism Industry's Death Knell
The FINANCIAL -- IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, will invest $3.5 million in Bhutan’s Zhiwa Ling Hotel to support its plans to refurbish and increase room capacity and boost tourism in the...
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My Progressive Demotion
At the end of day on 30th June, 2015, my term as the Club Secretary of the Rotary Club of Thimphu ended. The installation ceremony of the incoming officials for the year 2015-2016 was held on that...
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Bhutan's First QSL Card
It is called wireless and yet, no other communications device uses as much wire, as does the wireless transmitter/transceiver! Even the ground on which the antenna is hoisted is strewn with copper...
View ArticleThe Many Casualties of Bhutan's Hydro Power Projects
The Business Bhutan’s front-page article of July 11, 2015 headlined “MINING FIRM OWNED BY PDP STALWARTS THREATENS TO TAKE GOVERNMENT TO COURT” finally exposes the hydro-power projects in Bhutan for...
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Self-liquidating Geological Surprises
On 14th July, 2015, our national broadcaster - BBS makes the following extremely alarming announcement:Bhutan heading towards a debt crisis?The news report carries the following graphics:...
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Lessons in Photography
Well, I think I will take a break from forever playing the messenger of doom. Acting the perennial soothsayer is no fun, particularly when one is most often reminded that the dogs may bark but the...
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MARG: Magazine of the Arts
The following is the cover of MARG, a magazine published in Mumbai, India. The cover features my photograph of a novitiate monk shot at Dechenphodrang Lhakhang in 2003.One of the articles inside titled...
View ArticleThe Surprise about the Geological Surprise in Punasangchhu-I
In his most recent post on his Blog: www.kbwakley.blogspot.com, K B Wakley makes some shocking exposé, pertaining to the oft-quoted “geological surprise” in the Punasangchhu-I hydro-power project.It...
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