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Watching Miss Bhutan show on TV, I tell you, is a good pastime. But our non-English speaking folks back at home would have enjoyed it more if they could understand what participants said on the screen. So much for the preservation of national language! But other than that the show was organized well. Well, personally I don’t believe in quantifying beauty (if there is such a term) because one man’s food is another’s poison. Something that appears... (more...)

I don’t drive, which is good because I can ensure my safety from the mechanical failures and avoid the sight of a long queue of pedestrians waiting to cross the road at the intersections. Well, let me admit, I can’t afford a car and I don’t mind putting my legs to good and healthy use. But twice a day, I am forced to wish for a car to drive me to the office in the morning and ferry me home in the evening. It is at this time of the day everyone... (more...)

After all they are not Michael Jacksons. Why would their deaths receive attention I am really scared of death. I don’t want to die. And given the chance I would like to live forever. That way we can be witness to so many things. Our forefathers never had the opportunity to observe our gradually dying culture and increasing social complexities. But today we are forced to hear disturbing news where men and women voluntarily cease to live and choose... (more...)

for the right to breathe We now live in a democratic culture and have written constitution that protects an individual’s right. An individual can exercise his/her rights fully provided if it does not clash with his/her duties. In smoking I find a serious conflict of individual liberty and social duty. There is a thin line between individual and the society for what is a society without individuals and by the same token, what are individuals without... (more...)

According to UNDP’s Human Development Report 2009, which was launched on October 21, Bhutan has succeeded to be one of the countries in the region with the highest rural-urban migration rate. This according to the report was as a result of people moving away from rural areas in search of better lives in towns. I am not surprised. And I guess, there are no reasons to be. In this regard BBS hosted a panel discussion. One of the participants expressed... (more...)