While other schools are having a tough time taking punitive measures straightening their students, in Ugyen Academy, over the past six years, the academic blocks of the school have seen students lining up on their knees as though they would just begin doing some OUT-standing deeds. In his fifteen years of schooling, Dhendup – has broken all the records and comes in as our winner for the most OUT-standing student. He has scored a score in standing... (more...)
The world is wary of GDP, but is hesitant to acknowledge the Bhutanese alternative Advocates of happiness as an index stress that an increase in GDP can also occur in a society where majority of the citizens have become worse off GDP Vs. GNH It takes a fall to rise up a wiser man. The world fell last year, and Bhutan felt its ripples, as national economies collapsed and hundreds of thousands lost jobs. The fall, in the form of the global recession,... (more...)
Lyonchen Jigmi Y. Thinley talks to Business Bhutan Editor, Tashi Dorji, on the practicality of GNH in the light of the global economic meltdown By Tashi Dorji The French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, has declared that France will include happiness and wellbeing in measuring economic progress which is in line with Bhutan’s pursuance of GNH. What does it mean for Bhutan? It means a lot. First, it means that even though Bhutan is materially a least... (more...)
The Thrue holiday, reinstated after two years, will be remembered as a day of mourning in eastern Bhutan The Tuesday earthquake that shook the nation and claimed 13 lives was the most unexpected prelude to the Blessed Rainy Day on Wednesday. The Thrue holiday, reinstated after two years, will be remembered as a day of mourning in eastern Bhutan as 13 people lost their lives and many houses were destroyed and families left dispossessed. In the six... (more...)
When big companies shattered as the financial meltdown tsunami struck, their stock prices tumbled down. From the now proverbial Lehman Brothers to automobile don General Motors, that is what happened. At one point during the recession, General Motor’s shares fell as low as $1.09, their lowest since April 1933. But Bhutan has a unique reputation for ducking global trends. Share prices slept in peace in the Bhutanese stock market during the recession,... (more...)
After years of work, Bhutan has all statistical tools in place to measure the GNH index Thank the notorious global recession for all the rumble the world has been hearing for the need of a different economic calling. While world leaders, economists, and experts are putting the recession guinea pig on the analysis tabale, Bhutan, perhaps, has the answer. Bhutan’s answer to economic cataclysm like the global recession is in its long standing development... (more...)
Recession-hit Karma Steel, the official sponsors of the Bhutan Tennis Federation, even managed to fund the Annual Spring Open Even while international sports organizations including FIFA and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) were hit by the global financial meltdown, funding for local sports agencies have not been affected. “It has not affected the Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC)”, said general secretary, Karma Wangchuk. According to him, ... (more...)
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