International Sources
Immigrants Weave New Connections Through Old Looms – msnbc.com
Old wooden looms sat unused at an arts center in Cleveland for more than 20 years – until an Ohio woman started weekly weaving workshops where Bhutanese women practice English and learn American-style weaving. Rebecca … [read more]
What to give the man who has everything? – Omaha World-Herald
Birthday wishes, of course! Warren Buffett turns 80 tomorrow, and he’s still going strong with no plans for retirement. We asked some of his friends, business associates, acquaintances and others to send … [read more]
Corrected: When getting away means staying in touch – msnbc.com
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – People used to go on holiday to unplug. Now they’re demanding to be plugged in. That secluded, desert island-type getaway may soon be as dated as the post-vacation slide show as more travelers … [read more]
Immigrant clients at Mid-County Health Center now greeted by multicultural art exhibit – Oregonian
View full size Faith Cathcart/The Oregonian Kwa Franklin, a native of Cameroon, stands beside his painting, “Tears of Joy,” which is one of 44 pieces of art on display as part of the Multicultural Art Wall at … [read more]
A newsmaker you should know: Busy college student still finds time to volunteer – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Looking back, 21-year-old Marie Berube can trace her desire to help others back to the time when a Vietnamese family moved into her neighborhood when she was 2. She grew up with that family’s children on Troy Hill until … [read more]
Asia’s glaciers in retreat, could signal crop failure and flooding in the future – USA Today
Asia’s glaciers are retreating, which could mean drought, plus crop losses upstream and flood conditions downstream for millions of people. A report published by the U.S. Geological Survey , in collaboration … [read more]
Refugees find the American dream down on the farm – Los Angeles Times
A dingy floral print peels from the walls, and sheets of plastic are taped over some of the windows. But for Harka Rai, the sagging trailer home he bought in rural Oregon is his piece of the American dream … [read more]
Get the most out of your garage sale – San Jose Mercury News
Pockets heavy with quarters and dollar bills, I collapse on my white plastic patio chair at 2 p.m., exhausted. I’ve just learned through seven hours of hawking junk on my driveway that having a garage sale isn … [read more]
Something for everyone at Peoplefest – Boston Globe
Manchester, N.H. has embraced its diversity, and its Peoplefest is a celebration proving so. Traditions established more than a century ago by its original settlers – the French Canadian, Scottish/Irish, Italian, Greek … [read more]
Sacramento schools eligible for federal refugee money – Sacramento Bee
Sacramento School districts are eligible for federal funding to help 1,801 refugee children in grades K-12 who have arrived in the county in the last three years, the California Department of Social Services … [read more]
Kuensel – Bhutan’s National Newspaper
Bypassed villagers submit petition to opposition leader
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| Regardless of where it begins from, a road to Merak is guaranteed |
Farm Road29 August, 2010 – For decades, a decent motor road had topped the wish list of one of the remotest gewogs in the country, Merak. [read more]
Mid-career Professionals29 August, 2010 – Indicating a trend that has not been seen before, a number of mid career professionals are quitting their jobs in the civil and corporate sector for other opportunities, say pension and provident fund officials. [read more]
Training course in client management for senior level personnel from its companies
29 August, 2010 – The customer is not king in Bhutan.
Despite driglam namzha being an integral part of Bhutanese culture, customers are usually seen as a nuisance, and treated coldly by local service industry personnel. [read more]
Purity of gene pool goes down with the hybrid process
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| A male hybrid golden langur with hybrid traits in Dunmang Tsachu, Zhemgang |
The Golden Langur29 August, 2010 – The endangered golden langur (trachypithecus geei), which is native to Bhutan and some parts of the neighbouring Indian state of Assam, could be under threat of extinction from crossbreeding with the capped langur, according to a Bhutanese researcher. [read more]
Jeffrey D. Sachs – The author is a Professor of Economics and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. He is also Special Adviser to United Nations Secretary-General on the Millennium Development Goals. project-syndicate.org
PERSPECTIVES29 August, 2010 – I have just returned from Bhutan, the Himalayan kingdom of unmatched natural beauty, cultural richness, and inspiring self-reflection. From the kingdom’s uniqueness now arises a set of economic and social questions that are of pressing interest for the entire world. [read more]
For effective public space in a democracy
PERSPECTIVES 29 August, 2010 – In mangtso ringluk (mang = people; tso = most important; luk = system of governance) or democracy, people take the driver’s seat in decision making. People’s voice is the law of democracy and thus supreme to all. The degree of a democracy is measured by the extent of every citizen’s participation. [read more]
Teacher Of The Year29 August, 2010 – While time is running out for nominations for the “Teacher of the Year Award”, education ministry officials are jittery that not a single nomination has been received.
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Land-owners and officialdom do not see eye to eye
Pooling Scheme28 August, 2010 – A decade-long wait and all Tshering received was a plot of land and an amount almost 50 percent less than what was expected of his 52 decimal land, over which runs the notorious double lane expressway today. [read more]
Cracking down on a corrupt practice
Haa Timber Racket28 August, 2010 – A team of eight forest officials has planted themselves in Haa since August 22 to investigate the prevailing timber racket. [read more]
Samtse Murder28 August, 2010 – The four unidentified men, who killed Pathemo, 46, and her 69-year old mother in their house in Samtse on the morning of August 26 are suspected to be non-Bhutanese from across the border. [read more]
Bhutan Observer
Villagers cry foul of farm road alignment
The people of Samdrup Choling Dungkhag in Samdrup Jongkhar are at loggerheads with the dungkhag authorities over the construction of a 13-km farm road in the dungkhag. The people claim that the dzongkhag, dungkhag and the gewog have realigned the road without their consent. Earlier, in a meeting chaired by Samdrup Choling Dungpa, it had [...] [read more]
Tor Jap – hurling ritual cakes
“Woi!!! I have to teach the people of Jew a lesson.†This is how the Paro Penlop Tshering Penjor (r.1918-1949) reacted when he heard gunshots from his camp. According to oral sources, the sound of the gun not only ignited the interest of the governor in an ancient Tantric Buddhist ceremony of ritual cake hurling [...] [read more]
PTC teachers need professional incentives
We the PTC teachÂÂers serving in different parts of our country would like to extend our heartfelt gratiÂÂtude firstly to the Ministry of Education for providing us various in-country training opportunities to upgrade our qualification. Secondly, we are also grateful to the RCSC and the agencies concerned for lifting us equally to the level of [...] [read more]
Tudors win easy over Aspens
Tudors had an easy win over Aspens during the Open SumÂÂmer Basketball ChampionÂÂship’s super-league round on August 25 in Thimphu. Tudors thrashed Aspens 53-28. Aspens took the lead in the first-quarter but Tudors came back strong in the next two quarters. In the fourth-quarter, Tudors took an asÂÂtounding lead with 38 points to Aspens’ 8. [...] [read more]
136 power tillers distributed
Out of 152 power tillers received through KR-II, a Japanese grant scheme for deÂÂveloping countries to increase food production, 136 have been allotted to farmers from different dzongkhags (see table). An official from Agriculture Machinery Centre in Paro said that the existing functional farmer’s group with clear agriculture production and development plan will be given [...] [read more]
Despotism Incognito
Words like efficiency, transparency, accountability, collaborative working and the like have become everyday-voÂÂcabulary in all our government offices, which if we go by the discourse we hear sounds apt in our fast changing society. But the sad reality is, beneath these high-flown ideas lies a travesty; there lurks the primordial rule of despotism. People who [...] [read more]
Gangs pledge to disband
55 gang members pledged to dissociate themselves from gangs and gang violence The leaders of the two most notorious gangs in Thimphu, MB Boys and Sabji Bazaar Gang, signed a pledge of alÂÂlegiance yesterday on behalf of their members, formally disbanding the gangs for good. The pledge, which symbolÂÂised realisation that they have gone astray, [...] [read more]
Drukair plans to attract more Indian tourists
Drukair says India could be the single biggest tourist market for Bhutan With the aim to increase InÂÂdian tourists visiting Bhutan by five percent this year, DruÂÂkair Corporation has revived its holiday package under the Royal Druk Holidays (RDH) brand. The package for Indian tourists ranges from a miniÂÂmum of three nights four days to [...] [read more]
Contractual grey area
Officials call for stronger clauses on termination of contracts The revised standard bid docÂÂument (SBD) is at the heart of delay in government contract works, officials pointed out yesterday at the sixth annual engineering conference in Thimphu. Officials said that the revised SBD’s clauses on conÂÂtract termination on grounds of fundamental breach of contract are [...] [read more]
Understand Bhutan better
A recent article titled China, India and Nepal: Entangled in unresolving Tibetan issue published by a news blog in Massachusetts in the US has portrayed Bhutan in an irresponsibly wrong light. The Himalayan Voice article starts with this line: “It becomes natural for the Dalai Lama to see Tibet, ‘real autonomous’, if not independent at [...] [read more]
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