The self-appointed guardians of compassion and empathy – the religious and the righteous – will have you believe that the purpose behind imposing a ban on selling meat during the holy month (we are currently into one) is to reduce the slaughter of animals. Alas! They achieve just the opposite – it causes thousands of […]
Read MoreIn the winter months, Bhutan imports electricity from India – at much higher rates than we export to them during the summer months. We pride ourselves as a net exporter of electricity and claim that our biggest economic activity is generating hydroelectricity. And yet, the Bhutanese people spend hours queuing up at the fuel pump […]
Read MoreI am encouraged to know that the 4th Pay Commission has been constituted, although there is no requirement under the Constitution that every new government should establish a Pay Commission. But this is a wise political move. Whatever recommendations the Pay Commission comes up with, the government will be blameless. And, quite obviously, the Commission […]
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“A hippie in a suit” is how young and charming Dechen Yoesel Choden, a medical student and poet describes herself. The 23-year old recently launched an anthology of poems ‘Calm in Chaos’, her maiden book of poetry. A youth icon in the making, she is an art enthusiast and hardcore poet at heart. She dreamt […]
Read MoreHave you ever been cross-talked over? It happens when you are sitting in between two people in the car for example, and suddenly they discover they speak the same language or are from the same region and bingo, you are now run over by a two-way traffic of words that you do not understand because […]
Read MoreAt different times, we face different problems. At the individual level, they relate to health, emotions, relationships, marriage, children and career. At the national level, they pertain to poverty, unemployment, social unrest, education and corruption. These problems often bring us sorrow and pain. Yet, when honestly analysed, we find that their root cause is almost […]
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In what are truly mammoth achievements for COMO Hotels and Resorts, COMO Uma Punakha was awarded the third best hotel in the world, while COMO Uma Punakha and COMO Uma Paro in Bhutan were awarded the first and second place respectively in the ‘Best Hotel in Asia’ category. This is as per the results of […]
Read MoreEvery few months, my mind crowds and I lose my ability to concentrate. It lasts three days or a week, or, catastrophically, two; my writing stalls out and soon after, so does my speech. For years, the remedies were books and late-night comedy specials—they still do the trick, but a little too slowly. Recently I’ve […]
Read MoreMany of us make a wish list of what we would do once we retire from that nine-to-five or ten-to-six job that appropriates all of our waking hours. We stack up reading material and music, make lists of movies to see, friends to visit, places to experience and dream of reviving that long forgotten hobby […]
Read MorePolitics is bad for poetry. When you think about it, it’s not only poetry. It’s bad for everything under the sun, the moon and the stars. As bad for elephants as it is for ants, whales, snails, trees and trouts. Now things appear free until it’s time to pay. Then you settle the dues. Like […]
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