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Momo was like any other high school girl in Japan, except that she had an excessive weakness for junk foods, cakes and ice creams. Before she realized it, she was getting fatter and fatter. One day her mother remarked, “Don’t you want to become a little slimmer, Momo?” Shocked by the unexpected remark, she rebelled by indulging more in junk foods. Soon she grew into a giant of a woman standing 170 cm tall and weighing over 90 kilos. Even the... (more...)

Do you have a dream? If not, it is the right time to have one “One must desire something to be alive”　so said writer Margaret Deland.  It is amazing how much it rings true especially when you are challenged with serious setbacks in life. Yosuke Kurita was a first year high school student in 2001, when he went out to swim in a local river in his hometown in Saitama prefecture with two friends. Under the scorching summer heat, they were engrossed... (more...)

Has the pill become an excuse for more people having unprotected sex? Are we becoming more careless? Things change. And with it come opportunities and challenges. Change can work for you if you tackle it at the right time in the right way. One of the changes happening now in Bhutan is the IT phenomenon. More and more people use email, chat and browse the Web. Our government too has many initiatives in the pipeline for embracing the power of IT: the... (more...)